Carnivorous shoes with teeth
January 2017
A study for a surreal work composed of a pair of shoes with mouths and teeth. The teeth in this study were added digitally.
These particular shoes were chosen partly because the holes at the toe end of the shoes give the impression of eyes.
An unsettling aspect of this concept is that it is normal for a person to put their feet into shoes – however these shoes look as though they would devour anything that was placed in their ‘mouths’. They are almost lying in wait for feet to be placed inside them.
This work may be interpreted as being a metaphor for the manner in which consumerism devours people (especially via the connsumerism of clothing and fashion).
I thought of the concept of carnivorous shoes that devour their wearer many years ago and drew it as a sketch. It’s currently misplaced in my studio so I’m not sure of the year.