Intentions

I will be constructing two shirts together for it to roughly fit the Hensel twins unique shape. I will then decorate the inside of the shirt by hand painting their organs and covering the lungs and intestines in machine embroidery. I chose to highlight these two features as it shows how they share one thing (intestines) and each have their own of others (a pair of lungs). I will use heavy machine embroidery like Alice kettle to create texture and tone. The outside of the shirt will have a painting of one of their most famous images from Life Magazine. Around the painting, there will be a few images photo transferred onto the shirt with hand embroidered figures surrounding them. I was influenced by Grayson Perry's story telling vases for this idea, as he would incorporate found photographs alongside illustrations. The embroidered figures will be of the Hensel twins from all ages and events. This is because memories form personalities.