Awenhràhsa Corset
Named after the Kanien'kéha (Mohawk) word for moss: “awenhràhsa”.
This garment was a study of the body-the vessel that holds our spirit. Secondhand canvas fabric has been hand painted using medium-body acrylic fabric paint in the likeness of cedar bark. It is boned with de-barked twigs found on the property I currently reside, on Mohawk land in the Adirondack mountains. I used felting techniques on washed and dyed green wool & wool locks to replicate the texture of mosses often found in the area. It is layered with other secondhand fabrics for thickness, and lined with secondhand linen. It has brass eyelets and cotton macrame cording to be laced in the back and on the shoulders. A small spider web made from beading thread and clear glass seed beads is sewn into a dip at the bustline. Small mushrooms can be seen along the edge of the moss on the chest. The piece serves to remind us that we are not so different from our more-than-human kin.
**Recommended maximum lacing is +4”, but up to your discretion!
Measurements at tightest lacing:
bust 34” • waist 30” • front length 11”
Named after the Kanien'kéha (Mohawk) word for moss: “awenhràhsa”.
This garment was a study of the body-the vessel that holds our spirit. Secondhand canvas fabric has been hand painted using medium-body acrylic fabric paint in the likeness of cedar bark. It is boned with de-barked twigs found on the property I currently reside, on Mohawk land in the Adirondack mountains. I used felting techniques on washed and dyed green wool & wool locks to replicate the texture of mosses often found in the area. It is layered with other secondhand fabrics for thickness, and lined with secondhand linen. It has brass eyelets and cotton macrame cording to be laced in the back and on the shoulders. A small spider web made from beading thread and clear glass seed beads is sewn into a dip at the bustline. Small mushrooms can be seen along the edge of the moss on the chest. The piece serves to remind us that we are not so different from our more-than-human kin.
**Recommended maximum lacing is +4”, but up to your discretion!
Measurements at tightest lacing:
bust 34” • waist 30” • front length 11”
Named after the Kanien'kéha (Mohawk) word for moss: “awenhràhsa”.
This garment was a study of the body-the vessel that holds our spirit. Secondhand canvas fabric has been hand painted using medium-body acrylic fabric paint in the likeness of cedar bark. It is boned with de-barked twigs found on the property I currently reside, on Mohawk land in the Adirondack mountains. I used felting techniques on washed and dyed green wool & wool locks to replicate the texture of mosses often found in the area. It is layered with other secondhand fabrics for thickness, and lined with secondhand linen. It has brass eyelets and cotton macrame cording to be laced in the back and on the shoulders. A small spider web made from beading thread and clear glass seed beads is sewn into a dip at the bustline. Small mushrooms can be seen along the edge of the moss on the chest. The piece serves to remind us that we are not so different from our more-than-human kin.
**Recommended maximum lacing is +4”, but up to your discretion!
Measurements at tightest lacing:
bust 34” • waist 30” • front length 11”