The mangle

Here are some photographs I took with the mangle. I have done some tests and believe it will work as a sculptural piece, mangling ivy and peacock feathers drenched in gin. The concepts dealt with in this sculptural piece are lack of luck and the idea of trying to wash poison out, squeeze poison out but it still being there, tangled. The peacock feathers symbolise glamour and also the concept of unluckiness. Gin works again, as another form of poison, dragging down the peacock feathers, hinting at addiction. I have also made films that will follow. I have mangled soil and sequins, materials I have previously worked with, that hint at the ideas of burial and glamour.