I am currently making a these "pods" that look like a sort of womb to me. I have this idea of the pod being like a protector. I used cotton batting to lay cheese cloth and plaster on top of then took the cotton out. The structure is going to hang on the wall. It has an opening on the side where you can see a cast object hanging. Although this seems a little cliche, I am interested in the idea of this structure being womb-like because the actual womb (or rather placenta) is is part of the growing mammal but also protects it. Also, the placenta is fairly thin and fragile looking.
Below are some pictures of work dealing with the womb that I found interesting. Just to be clear, I am not interested making these pods to look like wombs, I am just interested in the parallels between them.
Gravid uterus at full term
Engraving, after drawings by Jan van Rymsdyk
From The anatomy of the human gravid uterus exhibited in figures,
by William Hunter (1774)
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