Iris van Herpen

"For me fashion is an expression of art that is very closely related to myself and to my body. I see it as my expression of identity combined with desire, mood and cultural setting." (Iris van Herpen).

The Hunterian museum

I visited the Hunterian Museum last saturday. It contains collections that have been brought together over four centuries by a cast of colourful characters including the surgeon and anatomist John Hunter (1728-1793). They are a fascinating mix of human and animal anatomy and pathology specimens, wax teaching models, surgical and dental instruments as well as paintings, drawings and sculpture. I was interested to get a closer look at human bone structure and the way they form for my final major project. I found it fascinating looking at the earlier centuries and how broken bones and fractures were just left to grow with no casts causing mutation.