WEEK 3- leggings part 2- 'Morphing against humanity'

(First image from http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41906000/jpg/_41906168_glove_pa_220.jpg, rest of the images are my own)

I took the idea of deformation in the structure of morphing and the addition of ‘extra limbs’. I instantly was grabbed by the idea of morphing- ‘to cause something to change its outward appearance completely and instantaneously, or undergo this process’ . Morphing against humanity -In the same rationality with the generic garment investigation we are in a sense trying to ‘morph’ the generic garment into its anti human self. Deconstructing all the features of the garment that is well-known and accepted by society.
My idea for the leggings didn’t turn out quite as expected but it did create an interesting prospect. Rather than stuffing the legging with foam I decided to take a different approach and fill some of the ‘glove fingers’ with bags of pebbles-as influenced by the work of Ernesto Neto. The affect this created was in essence the appearance of an almost melting glove- or possibly more so some form of multi legged creature? I do feel it was successful in deforming the body- due to the pattern of the legging being a large glove in shape; it created a low crutch on the leggings which dramatically shortens the length of the legs whilst extending the upper body. The other obvious outcome being the malformed appearance of extra limbs.