Description

This sculptural spiked high heel transforms an icon of glamour and femininity into a volatile exploration of sexuality, dominance, and vulnerability. Elevated by a phallic heel, the shoe becomes both fetish object and cultural critique, exposing the uneasy power dynamics embedded within ideals of beauty and desirability. Sharp ceramic spikes erupt across the form like defensive armour, disrupting the seductive silhouette with aggression and tension.
Splashes of vivid red glaze streak across the surface like lipstick, blood, or emotional residue, intensifying the sense of conflict between attraction and danger. The work balances humour with discomfort, using exaggeration and surreal symbolism to question how femininity is shaped through patriarchal expectations and performative desire. Simultaneously seductive and threatening, the sculpture invites viewers to confront the instability beneath idealised representations of the female body and the violence that can exist within systems of objectification and control.