Ipupiara

Laura Lima
Ipupiara, 2023
Raw cotton threads dyed by natural pigments, wire and wood
Work: 200 x 87.5 x 50 cm

Ipupiara is a cannibalistic merman from Brazilian folklore. It would have fur and a cat's mustache, being half man, half sea lion, 3 meters long. To kill a person, it suffocates them with a hug. Female Ipupiaras would have long hair and be beautiful. Raw cotton threads dyed by natural pigments (wine, hibiscus, coffee, black tea, porangaba, spinach, parsley,crajiru, redwood, turmeric, almond tree leaves), steel wire and wood