Not a ball of yarn, but a ball of bras?

In recent news from a few years ago, we have a project called the BraBall by Emily Duffy. It is part art and part time-capsule, you can see the artist's statement here. Finished in 2001, it is a ball made from interlocking bras with items in the center of the ball. The outside if filled with colorful bras while the inside is made out of plain colored bras. All bras used to create the piece were donations. Donations came from many sources including victims’ families, survivors of cancer, those who wanted to be a part of a woman focused project and from those who were outraged by the projects beginnings (Duffy originally collaborated with another artist, Nicolino, who was giving up his collection of bras and who eventually wanted to run off with her idea.. well that’s what Duffy said). I’m not sure who to believe. Anyway, the BraBall does bring up some interesting discussions on women’s clothing, is a bra’s main purpose for support? While it does support, it also constricts. Or is it for beauty? And for whose notion of beauty? Duffy describes the BraBall as “a physical manifestation of the way women support each other.” I can see that too. I like that it was made by women for women, using used women’s “unmentionable” garments. In a way she is addressing cultural taboos of dress and women’s sexuality.

To see the herstory of the BraBall click here.
Also, here is the BraBall's main website.