Russian artist Asya Kosina channels the motifs, costumes and aesthetic characteristics of various historical time periods and recreates them using the medium of paper. When I first saw these on Facebook, I was blown away, it is truly remarkable for something so intricate could be done out of paper.
Kozina’s recent series of ‘baroque paper wigs’ re-appropriates the wild hairstyles of victorian-era women and men using individually crafted sheets, carefully curled and cut into perfectly permed locks. sculpted arrangements like flowers, leaves and an exceptionally intricate sailboat are delicately placed in the mass of extravagant paper hair, adding a sense of fantasy and whimsy to the conceptual compositions.
‘historical wigs always fascinated me, especially the baroque era,’ kozina says. ‘this is art for art’s sake aesthetics for aesthetics — no practical sense, but they are beautiful. in this case, paper helps to highlight the main form and not to be obsessed with unnecessary details.’
Her work is undeniably beautiful and helped me in the way I wanted to present my own wig. It has inspired me to think out of the box, shall I make it our of chicken wire and make it a wig of flowers or shall I get a normal acrylic wig and decorate it is weird and wonderful items? The possibilities are endless and Kozina has helped me understand, that you don't need to look at an object like hair and say 'its just hair' its the world, you can do whatever you want out of anything medium as long as you apply yourself to the task at hand and have a clear image of the outcome.
So tonight I will experiment with ideas on how to create a wig, and out of what... who knows!
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