Ed Gein

Wanted to look into the darker side of collecting. One famous known cases of collecting is a guy called Ed Gein. After the death of his mother who he was devoted too he began grave digging and collecting the skins of women's bodies and keeping parts as trophies. He had quite a traumatic childhood. His father was an alcoholic. His mother was extremely religious and had very strong opinions. She said all women were prostitutes apart from her and that "women were instruments of the devil". 

- After his mothers death he wanted a sex change and made a " woman suit". 
- Went to the graveyard 40 times but 31 of them times he went home empty handed because he snapped out of the daze. 
- Goes for women that resemble his mother. 

I watched the film based on the true story about Ed Gein which brought it to life a bit.

- Says he doesn't throw anything away. Always finds a use for it later. (actually relates to hoarding)
- Hits brother with shovel. 
- Sees woman in the newspaper announced dead. Follows onto dig her up. 

After watching the film I decided to create my own skin like material and potentially use it to make something with. Because he used the skin to make something amongst the house hold I used fabric from an old tote bag that was in my room, which I no longer use and giving it a new transformation, similar but a lot less extreme than Ed Gein.