Chastity Belt
2022, steel, leather, glue, 16” x 10.5” x 9”
This piece is a steel chastity belt made to fit my body and measurements and has been worn as a performance piece.
I was inspired by my 2022 summer trip to Amsterdam where I toured the sex museum in which they had some creepy medieval chastity belts on display.
I wanted to create my belt as commentary on female bodily autonomy, raise questions on whether or not this device acts as a cage or protection, and play upon its juxtaposing themes of security and oppression.
This was my first time working with metal so there was a lot of trial and error to figure out how to make such a hard material wearable.
Featured in In Focus Virtual Exhibition on the Queer Metalsmiths website.