Rosa Verloop
Dutch artist Rosa Verloop creates these soft sculptures that resemble human forms. She bends and twists the stretchy nylon fabric with pins to depict humans in a deformed way.
What I find most interesting about her work is that though her work is inflated, it looks deflated at the same time. Also, we usually associate inflated objects and soft sculptures with cuteness, comfort and warmth but Verloop’s sculptures are the opposite of that. They are eerie, discomforting and cold. Using skin colored nylon and red thread beneath the nylon flesh, her sculptures are so realistic to the point of reminding the uncanny valley.
It is also worth noting that her sculptures are amalgamation of smaller inflatables. I think the way she piles on smaller inflated pieces is interesting.
ARTIST website https://www.rosaverloop.com