Inside wearable art!

Regular followers of this blog know that I am now spending more time on what's known as wearable art... that's why I decided to post photos here of my entry into the Artful Bras Against Cancer fundraiser being held at the University at Buffalo.

My particular entry is entitled: BRAin a.k.a cereBRAl hemispheres.  Obviously, this is a play on words, as b-r-a shows up in both the word "brain" and in the phrase "cerebral hemispheres". Full details are available on my other blog via the following link.

http://deborahsawyerart.blogspot.com/2011/09/brain-aka-cerebral-hemisphere.html

As I explain there, I researched the look of the cerebral hemispheres in my anatomy and physiology texts, to best approximate the subtle differences in the look of the left brain and the right brain.  Obviously, in the bra, the right cup represents the right hemisphere and the left cup represents the left cerebral hemisphere.  Onto the straps above each cup, I sewed motifs to represent the function of each hemisphere.

For the right brain, are symbols representing art, music and the ability to recognize people.  For the left half of the brain, the symbols represent logic mathematics, language and spatial recognition abilities.

To learn more about the Artful Bra fundraiser and how to bid on a bra, use the link below. Photos of the 2011 entries will be posted shortly.

http://wings.buffalo.edu/org/artfulbra/

The bras can be viewed at the Center for the Arts, Amherst Campus, University at Buffalo, from September 26 through November 4. Hours are: Monday-Saturday 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. and Sundays 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.

UB's ultra-modern Center for the Arts

2011 entries on display

Portion of display, showing my entry

Copyright Deborah C. Sawyer