1. Gloves
Artist Adrienne Antonson who recently decamped from Charleston, SC, began making artwork out of hair nine years ago, to the remote and lovely Vashon Island in Washington state. Her last body of work, Mend, involved replicas of sentimental accessories (gloves, spectacles, suspenders, shoes) made entirely of human hair and thread. Antonson’s newest collection, for an upcoming show in Seattle, will be insects made out of hand-painted hair.
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2. Tiananmen Square sculpture
A Beijing hairdresser Huang Xin made a 3-foot replica of Beijing's Gate of Heavenly Peace out of the hair of his customers. This is in celebration to the 60th anniversary of the founding of Communist China.
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3. High Heeled Shoes
Owner of a small hair salon in the small Taiwanese city of Taichung, Tsai Shiou-ying has recently attracted media attention with a series of original artworks made with human hair. A single pair of “hairy” high-heels takes a whole month to make, and Tsai Shiou-ying needs hair from at least three people, usually friends and neighbors. She says only real hair can be used to create her unusual artworks, as artifcial hair simply can’t handle all the heat and super glue she uses.
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4. Wreath and Locket
Showcased in a small town salon against dark paneled walls and ancient bonnet dryers; a myriad of antique hair appliances offer a constant source of conversation for the loyal patrons. The focal point, a large Victorian flowered wreath, catches the attention of almost every customer. The wreath is beautiful and intricate. It is also made entirely of human hair. Hair art was common throughout the Victorian era. Complex wreaths, simple lockets, elaborate bracelets, toothpick holders, earrings and every other manner of decoration were made from hair. Hair art was used for a variety of functions from recording family history to tokens of affection exchanged between lovers.
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5. Obama Sculpture
To celebrate President Barack Obama‘s visit to China, Huang Xin, a talented hairdresser, created a small sculpture of the US head of state from human hair. The Chinese hairdresser spent seven days and seven nights making Hairy Obama and used four kilos of human hair.
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6. Dress
In a beauty pageant, every edge helps. Every feature must be perfect, every strand of hair must stay in place. In this case, that's about two hundred pounds worth. This dress is made of a massive quantity of human hair. It was created by Thelma Madine and Ryan Edwards for an Alternative Miss Liverpool competition in Liverpool, UK.
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7. Eyeglasses
Designed by Azusa Murakami and Alexander Groves, the hair and resin combo on these glasses actually look awesome. There's a wood-like finish to them and the idea behind them was to re-imagine human hair as a renewable resource. Hair Glasses are composed of human hair with bioresin as a binding agent; the frames are 100% biodegradable and no harmful substances are released during production.
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8. Embroidered artwork
Bogota-based Zaira Pulido has been asking every one of her friends and people she’s into for strands of their hair to use in a series of embroidered artworks. She uses the human hair instead of the usual thread and creates various works, like embroidered portraits of her friends (each made with their own hair), an embroidered comb or a replica of her bra.
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9. Jewelry
Kerry Howley, an art student at Middlesex University, put together a jewelry collection made from human hair. In reference to how people think about hair, she's entitled it “Attraction/Aversion.
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10. Leaves
Jenine Shereos's delicate leaf sculptures look like the real thing from a distance, but they're actually made of hair. She made them by stitching the hairs together on a backing, then dissolving that backing in water.
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