Katrine Borup: BODYPARTy
Exhibition
/
10 Jan 2013
-
05 Feb 2013
Published: 11.01.2013
Piece: Drowning by E-numbers, 2013
Balloon ends from long, thin balloon animal balloons, thread
A section of my beautifully colour-enhanced small intestine enlarged ten times.
This piece of jewellery resembles the shape and appearance of the small intestine – a section of human small intestine enlarged ten times. The inside of the small intestine is covered in intestinal villi: millimetre-sized folds that increase the surface area of the small intestine and thus the absorption of nutrients considerably.
Drowning by E-numbers is a wide belt or tube that one pulls up around one’s body (or down – depending on one’s build) – a balloon corset. Drowning by E-numbers maintains the same diameter throughout the length of the tube, so unlike a normal corset it will fit loosely around the waist and tend to fold up, turning the ”villi-lined” interior inside-out. In this state, the piece almost resembles a bathing ring or life ring. Others might be reminded of a “belly tyre”. While the corset is associated with CONTROL, the tyre is a sign of the opposite.
The title refers to food colouring and plays with the idea that it takes knowledge and information to eat right. Anyone taking on that challenge might soon find themselves drowning in the vast ocean of often contradictory information on the topic.
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

BODYPARTy is a jewellery series related to anatomic models – objects that playfully address a likeness to body parts, organs, tissue types, cell structures etc.
-
From Louise Bourgeois to Yoko Ono. Jewellery by Female Artists
21Nov2025 - 26Apr2026
MAKK. Museum of Applied Arts Cologne
Köln, Germany -
Trilogia: Ressons de Babel, Paraules Guarnides by Fumiko Gotô
01Oct2025 - 24Oct2025
Hannah Gallery
Barcelona, Spain -
Shine 2025: The Goldsmiths' Centre champions the UK's Brightest New Talent in Jewellery and Silversmithing
17Sep2025 - 22Dec2025
The Goldsmiths’ Centre
London, United Kingdom -
Companions: Jewellery Created by Alexander Blank
25Jul2025 - 05Oct2025
Pforzheim Jewellery Museum
Pforzheim, Germany -
Pride Exhibition by Paul Derrez
25Jul2025 - 03Aug2025
The Pool
Amsterdam, Netherlands -
Cocks and Cunts
25Jul2025 - 02Aug2025
The WearHouse
Amsterdam, Netherlands -
Melody within Matter by Youngjoo Lee
16Jul2025 - 27Jul2025
KCDF Gallery
Seoul, South Korea -
Werkschau. University of Applied Sciences. Peter Behrens School of Arts, New Craft Object Design Degree Show 2025
11Jul2025 - 12Jul2025
Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences, Peter Behrens School of Arts, New Craft Object Design
Düsseldorf, Germany -
Menhir by Jim Kraft
11Jul2025 - 31Jul2025
Patina Gallery
Santa Fe, United States -
Kaleidoscope. BFA students Graduate Show 2025
11Jul2025 - 12Jul2025
Alchimia Contemporary Jewellery School
Florence, Italy -
The 21st Silver Triennial at DIVA: an International Perspective on Contemporary Silver
04Jul2025 - 30Sep2025
DIVA. Museum for diamonds, jewellery and silver
Antwerp, Belgium -
Von der Sprache der Steine at Villa Bengel
04Jul2025 - 19Oct2025
Villa Bengel
Idar Oberstein, Germany -
A Forest Not of Wood by Yuxi Lu
02Jul2025 - 21Jul2025
MaS Studio
Shanghai, China -
Hunter of Unrecognized Treasures by Philipp Spillmann
28Jun2025 - 26Jul2025
Friends of Carlotta
Zurich, Switzerland -
Incontro with Vera Siemund and Giampaolo Babetto
28Jun2025 - 29Jun2025
Galerie Rosemarie Jäger
Hochheim, Germany