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Date: 2000
Artist: Mandy Wan
Dimensions:
Framed size: 119 x 91 cm
Medium: Digital print
Object number: UAC 366
DescriptionMandy Wan studied MA Printmaking at Camberwell College of Arts. She says:

'I am currently working on the historical, cultural and social influences of the practice of foot binding, which began in the royal palaces in the mid-10th century and lasted almost one thousand years until 1949 when it was outlawed by Chinese communist government.

I made a rubber mould from the original lotus shoe, then I used plaster to make a lot of shoes from the mould. Next I took the black and white photos from them before I made the inkjet print. The inkjet print was printed in colour although the original print was black and white.

Although I had already made a series of small woodcuts based on Chinese foot binding, I wanted to continue with the same theme and try to push the idea further. I tried to achieve this by the introduction of photographic images, computer inkjet and also by experimenting with the medium of etching on photopolymer plates. I planned to work in a large scale because I thought it would be interesting to juxtapose them with the tiny feet.'