The Nipple Project, 2018
In the Spring of 2018 I put out a call around Pittsburgh, PA for non-male individuals to come to my studio and have their nipples cast. My goal for the project was to have a final installation of 100 metal nipples, but the end product far surpassed my expectations resulting in an installation of distinct 250 nipple casts from 125 participants ranging in age from 18 to 74.
I am so grateful to the 125 women, gender fluid, and non-binary folks who shared in this experience and who shared their powerful stories with me along the way. I hope this experience has given them a shared sense of solidarity and strength, as well a space of celebration for their beautiful bodies.
The Nipple Project continued 2020 as The Nipple Workshops in collaboration with local Pittsburgh artist Sydney Davis , where female, trans, non-binary, and other non-male participants can cast their nipples nipples and add to the growing archive.
Workshops have been performed at various locations throughout Pittsburgh, including a special collaboration with the Mattress Factory Museum of Contemporary art and the Pittsburgh Naturist Society.
This project was made possible by the Frank Ratcheye Studio For Creative Inquiry Microgrant for Art at the Frontier.