Enchanted bodies - made from porcelain

hennakatrin,

Thanks for sharing these--they are beautiful!  One looks exactly like a Mongolian student of mine (if she were cartoonized) same heart-shaped face, wide-set eyes, and tiny mouth.

I wanted to add that the artist naming the collection "Silk Road" probably refers to the extent of the trading routes, which crossed back and forth through land and water areas now belonging to China, India, Sri Lanka, Java, the Arabian Peninsula, Persia, parts of Europe, Egypt, Somalia, and many other modern countries.  So in many ways, the henna, scarification, bound feet, physical "East Asian" features, and tattoos all could go together, just as languages, scientific knowledge, religions, literature, visual arts, textiles, etc. typical of each region influenced  each other at the time.  In my interpretation, the dolls are representative of what could've happen if all the body-altering practices traveling through the Silk Road had converged at once in one person.  Fascinating!

I'll share the pictures with my more artistic friends--they'll absolutely love them.

Thanks again!