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Corsets are some of the most ritualistic, symbolic and impractical pieces of clothing that still manage to be stylish today.
At one point in time, the "stays" or "bones" in a corset were made from actual whale bones.
Today, leather corsets are a staple in the world of fetishwear and BDSM.
Why
not combine all of these concepts, and make a corset from the human body?
I intend to design this, as well as making a 3D printed mock-up, using a scan of my own body, and then leave instructions in my will for my skin to be made into leather, my bones shaped into stays and my body immortalized as a piece of wearable art. Whether or not anyone would honor my wishes remains to be seen.
Human leather products
http://www.humanleather.co.uk/
[Voice, Jul 10 2014]
Necropants
http://www.huffingt...ture_n_4163741.html
[Voice, Jul 10 2014]
Human Bound Books
http://en.wikipedia...podermic_bibliopegy
It comes up more than you might think. [MechE, Jul 10 2014]
Keratin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keratin
Fingernails are not made of bone. [Voice, Jul 10 2014]
Baleen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whalebone
Neither is whalebone used in corset stays. [MechE, Jul 10 2014]
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Have you met Hannibal Lecter? You two could be brothers, or something. Scary that way. |
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also welcome to .5 bakery! |
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There are precedents. In medaeval Japan, rich individuals who did not
wish to erndure the pain of an elaborated tattoo would pay money to
the family of a condemned criminal to be tattooed instead. After
execution, the skin would be carefully removed and tanned, then worn
as an adornment. |
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Human skin is actually really horrible for leather.
First, we tend to large pores and irregular grain.
Second, we lack the large scale sections that tend
to produce the most useful leather (compare a
human torso to the body of a cow, or even a
deer). Third, we tend to have lots of
blemishes and scars by the time the material
would become available. And a related fourth,
human skin is
relatively thin and fragile. |
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I also have a sneaking suspicion that human bone
isn't really suitable for corset stays. Whalebones
are very large, allowing you to slice out sections
for use. You might be able to get a few stays out
of the major long bones, but not many. |
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I thought stays were usually baleen, rather than actual bone? |
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Hm. I think you may be right, meaning no direct
human equivalent (unless someone really grows out
their fingernails). I was thinking of the use of bone
for composite bow construction, which would tend
to imply it could be used as stays. |
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I thought composite bows used horn? |
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And you are right, so we are down purely to
fingernails. |
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In my defense, some used bone. But it was
specifically to
stiffen the tips to minimize flex. |
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Contact the bodyworld bloke. Why be a corset when you could be a
work of art!? |
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I'm fairly sure I could make most of the stays out of ribs and femurs without all that much shaping, and use both the scapula for the busk. The lacing in the back would probably wrap through pieces made of the ulna. I would be tempted to try and make cups for a sweetheart bust out of the skull, (sliced down the length of the nose, eye sockets accenting the cleavage area) but I think my skull is just asymmetrical enough that it would be hard to work with. |
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The only reason I would even consider suggesting the leather is that I have great skin for it. I'm quite pale, with a very even complexion and small pores and never go outside without sunscreen, so I assume my skin will stay decent when I begin to age more visibly. I knew about the Japanese tattoo preservation, that's why I believed it might be feasible, assuming the leather is bound to a heavy coutil lining. |
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Finally, I do believe a corset is a work of art, more so than the bodyworlds exhibits. Those are amusing and a great way to teach people about what's inside them, but they were not intended to be art objects, while corsets are pretty much only intended to be objects of art and fashion. |
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Also, MechE, corsets are comprised of many small hourglass shaped pieces, so it would be totally feasible to make a fourteen-panel corset with four panels from each leg, four panels from the torso and one from each arm. |
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Welcome to the Halfbakery, [Kumawktopus]. |
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//so we are down purely to fingernails. |
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In Crowley's poem says all the parts of the body are connected so |
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"...yet we find even in England men of evil mind, |
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pornographers who love obscene details, |
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shameless enough to mention fingernails." |
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Why do I know all this rubbish? |
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That does all sound a bit Charles Stross Atrocity
Archive btw |
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some of the time, I am a woman. |
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Join the crowd, seems a common affliction on HB |
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//some of the time, I am a woman.// |
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That's nothing. Here at the HB we have some people
who are women all the time. |
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We look forward to the day when women
can be people, even if it's only some of the
time … |
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//Here at the HB we have some people who are women all the time. |
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What? No one told me....must have been out of the office that day. |
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I'm clearing my throat, and then I'm going to leave,
stomping out with the click, click of high heels. Torch
you, haters. |
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Good, that's got rid of her. So what are we watching, lads ? There's
The World At War on the Hitler channel, or someting from the DVD
collection - how about Full Metal Jacket ? |
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//about Full Metal Jacket |
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They never seem to get them right under the armpits. |
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Anyway, how come all those manly knights got to wear "breastplates"? |
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Hi [Kuma]. ewww on the idea, but welcome to the
hb. |
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A lot of people wear leather or sheepskin
coats without expressing any distaste. We
understand from relaible sources that more
intimate garments are also available made
from these materials. |
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It is far from uncommon to carry a
container, usually as a neckalce or pendant,
containing a quantity of hair from a loved
one, be they alive or dead. |
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So, garments made from pieces of deceased
mammal are Baked and WKTE. Similarly,
wearing portions of another human as an
adornment are Baked and WKTE. |
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There are no actual legal, moral or social
taboos being violated by the proposed idea,
shirley? |
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Owning body parts gets dicey legally depending on where you live and how old they are, but if it was from a recently deceased person and was willed to be wherever it was I don't think it would be an issue. |
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The willing of bodies (or parts thereof) is not legal in
all jurisdictions, with specific exceptions for certain
uses (mostly medical). |
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In addition, many jurisdictions have laws against the
desecration of a corpse that may or may not respect
the wishes of the deceased. |
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Which is really too bad because we'd be less hungry if we just ate people. A corpse is just a thing, which makes it a resource. I think the previous owner of said corpse should be able to choose how his or her body helps people after they die, but I don't understand why we're just not allowed to make use of a resource. |
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//why we're just not allowed to make use of a resource. |
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Used to be using dead people to make more dead people, as graveyards are a good source of saltpetre for gunpowder. Is that close enough? Not to mention very recursive. |
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//Why not combine all of these concepts, and make
a corset from the human body?// |
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I noticed your other invention was a broth brewing
device for the kitchen. I think you should sell these
two items as a set on an early morning informercial. I
could see the two spokespeople happily chirping to
each other about the products. |
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"Bob, I know it's a cliche', but what could be more
relaxing on a rainy afternoon than sipping warm
broth and relaxing by the fire in your human leather
and bone corset?" |
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// //why we're just not allowed to make use of a
resource. // |
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... particularly of the former inhabiting
consciousness has made it clear, in writing, what
their wishes are. |
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Note the case of Gunther von Hagens who
attracted criticism for his displays of plastinated
human bodies, despite the presence of abundant
and irrefutable evidence that the people involved
had knowingly and willingly donated their
bodies; indeed, they receive many more offers
than they can utilise, so they divert the surplus to
medical schools. |
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Bones contain useful amounts of phosphates and
other nutrients. There is no reason why, properly
prepared, human tissue can't be processed into
nutritous pet food IF THIS IS THE FREELY
EXPRESSED WISH OF THE DECEASED. |
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The exception would of course be politicians and
Geography teachers, who could have their bodies
converted to petfood but have their heads left
upon spikes on Tower Green for the ravens to
peck at, as a lesson to others (humans, not ravens;
ravens generally don't need lessons in pecking at
things, except when they are very little). |
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//The exception would of course be politicians and Geography teachers, who could have their bodies converted to petfood but have their heads left upon spikes on Tower Green for the ravens to peck at// |
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Why would you want to do that to geography teachers? |
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And in the case of politicians, why would you want to do that to ravens? |
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Also, what have you got against pets? And what about pet ravens? |
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Could you harvest panels of your own skin by binge eating, then crash dieting, then surgically removing the excess skin, and then repeating the cycle? If you were serious about it (properly scientific binge eating and crash dieting, not just amateur efforts). Also I am wondering about how long it would take to grow and harvest enough fingernail and toenail. Perhaps hair could also be used if it was re-made into composite material. |
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Is 10 years of this enough time to harvest the neccesary materials? |
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