What Is, Contemporary Hair Sculpture?

Image: Looking Back to Braid Forward, Envisioning Forward to Braid Back, 2026
In this process study for BRAIDWOMAN™, braid is pinned into provisional architecture. The hand steadies the structure, as cord, tension and gesture map- the early formation of a larger sculptural inquiry. Suspended between blueprint and ritual, the work marks the intimate scale, from which monument emerges …

Joanne Petit-Frère
Archival pigment print
2026

What Is, Contemporary Hair Sculpture?

BRAIDWOMAN™ … Braided Sanctuaries™ … BRAIDCORA™

Contemporary hair sculpture - as created by

Joanne of JoGoesWest Studios™ - is an emerging form of installation & artifact-making; that is, reclaiming & redressing, braided forms into architecture, emphasized ritual for craft-sake, and memory building, re-resonance.