Friperie

Dynevor Centre for Art & Design, Swansea, June 2008
It was about making space for myself and at the same time giving beautiful, useful items extended life by passing them on. Is a dress for an image a fair swap?

Only what was thrown away by others was used in the making of the environment. I worked with what I was given and I give away what I could. 

Everyone was happy.  

Friperie

n.feminine (French) Frip·per· (English) [frip-uh-ree]

n.Pl -frip·per·ies 
  1. Second-hand clothes shop
  2. Pretentious, showy finery in dress, esp. when showy, gawdy, or the like
  3. Cheap and tawdry decoration
  4. Pretentious or affected
  5. Elegance; ostentation, empty display
  6. something trivial or nonessential, gewgaws; trifles
  7. Second-hand finery

[Origin: 1560-70; F friperie, OF freperie, equiv. to frepe rag + -erie -ery ] [French friperie, from Old French freperie, old clothes, from felpe, frepe, from Medieval Latin faluppa, worthless material.]