Dorothea Tanning’s Pincushion to Serve as Fetish has inspired me to create a soft sculpture project for our afterschool program. All it took was some cool fabric, a stapler, polyester stuffing, and a hot glue gun.
![I tested the project first and made an example before introducing it to the students. What does it look like to you? What does it look like to you?](https://i0.wp.com/blog.dma.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/dsc04631.jpg?resize=500%2C375&ssl=1)
I tested the project first and made an example before introducing it to the students. What does it look like to you?
![The students were really excited about their fabric choices. The students were really excited about their fabric choices.](https://i0.wp.com/blog.dma.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/dsc046271.jpg?resize=500%2C375&ssl=1)
The students were really excited about their fabric choices.
![Pincushion to Serve as Fetish, Dorothea Tanning, 1979 Pincushion to Serve as Fetish, Dorothea Tanning, 1979](https://i0.wp.com/blog.dma.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/2005-271.jpg?resize=500%2C412&ssl=1)
Inspiration for the project. See Pincushion to Serve as Fetish in the Center for Creative Connections.