Feather of Lead Designs

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

The Evil Eye

This piece represents “The Evil Eye” of society. In western theology the peacock is a symbol of bad luck and evil. In Greek Mythology the peacock is thought to be a devious monster with a million eyes trapped into the form the exotic bird.

Everyone feels the stare of a million eyes upon their being; the eyes of performance, social standards, wealth, occupation, and social status. You feel as though you are always being watched and judged by others. We all struggle with the need for acceptance and the desire to be appreciated. This mobile is a representation of the Evil Eye that we all face.

The falling teardrops are a sign of the pain and grief that I personally face from my own Evil Eye of perfection and the struggle to accept myself. The gold thread and stand covey the universal turmoil of wealth and prosperity. We are judged by what we wear, our income, and occupation.

The Pink Bow

This design is a representation of the history and progression of bows. The beginning ten bows symbolize who originally designed bows, being men. The next ten bows portray the Victorian Era, where woman began to where extravagant head pieces and transformed the male bow from use to a sense of style.

The third set of ten captures the Hippie Era where green and floral bows were worn to express the freedom and natural sense of life that woman were experiencing. The last 20 bows covey the complete transformation of bows from worn by males to now young girls.

The bow in the middle symbolizes the iconic "pink boy,” being the defining feature of young girls. A small infant will wear a pink boy around her head to define that she is a baby girl. In child cartoons the girl character will usually wear a bow and it is normally illustrated in the color pink.