Christophe guinet builds wearable batman suit out of tree bark

CHRISTOPHE GUINET BUILDS WEARABLE BATMAN SUIT OUT OF TREE BARK all images courtesy of christophe guinet  FRENCH ARTIST CHRISTOPHE GUINET, ALSO KNOWN AS MONSIEUR PLANT, APPROPRIATES BOTANICAL

LIFE OF ALL CATEGORY AND CLASSIFICATION IN THE CREATION OF MODIFIED VARIATIONS OF FAMILIAR OBJECTS AND IDEAS. previously, designboom featured guinet’s ‘living’ NIKE sneakers made from

flowers and a ‘natural skateboard’ made of tree bark, both embodying his fascination and experimentation with organic materials as mediums for art-making.  bark batman in front of the louvre

museum in paris GUINET’S MOST RECENT PROJECT SEES THE MAKING OF A WEARABLE APPARATUS THAT COMBINES FICTION, FANTASY AND FLORAL MATERIALS. together with warner bros france and the splendens

factory, the artist has designed the iconic batman suit primarily out of tree bark, vegetal moss, lichen and fungus. a foam mold of the batman suit and helmet has been carefully wrapped and

covered in layers of tree bark, forming the suit’s distinctive pointed ears, opening for the mouth and nose, and defensive shoulder covering. _‘the bark of the tree is like the suit of the

superheroes — a protective force,’_ guinet says. _‘the foam strengthens the balance that exists between the symbiosis of nature and that of this mythical character.’_ the wearable apparatus

combines fiction, fantasy and floral materials the artist has designed the iconic batman suit primarily using tree bark, vegetal moss, lichen and fungus the batman suit and helmet has been

carefully wrapped and covered in layers of tree bark the suit, presented for the exhibition ‘batman, under the mask and cape’ at la maison muller detail of batman emblem made out of tree

bark the suit features batman’s distinctive pointed ears  nina azzarello I designboom jul 07, 2015