The Station Spin: Second Skin...

Following are a few images and links that might be inspiring and hopefully interesting and enlightening:

Oregonia Gracilis (Decorator or Dresser crab) festooned in sea weed. Watch a BBC video about them here.)

Girl in Harajuku area of Tokyo, Japan.

Boy of the Omo Valley, Ethiopia, captured by Hans Silvester.

A caddis fly building its case

A weaverbird nest in Namibia.

Fishing Line (2006) and detail by Tara Donovan

Accumulation of Yo-Yos by MICA grad, Marla Parker.

An experimental coverlet crocheted by Emily Barletta, a MICA fiber alumnus.

Catherine Bertola's Dust Collection, 1999.

The works of Anu Tuominen (above). For more inspiring work, visit her website here.

Above, the works of Kimsooja. For more information, including her Bottari project, visit her website.

Nancy Rubin's Mattresses and Cakes (1993)

El Anatsui's Bleeding, 2007.

Dave Cole's Knitting with Loaded Shotguns, 2008.

Fishing Nets in Maine.

Fashion designer Hiroshige Maki's Rubber Band Dress (1993)

Untitled by the 'outsider/visionary' artist, Judith Scott.

Traditional Shaman's Cloak, Central Asia

Coral Reef

an assortment of Nick Cave's Soundsuits

Bamileke Feathered Costume - Cameroon Mabu and below, a dancer in costume.

Images from the book (un)Fashion by Tibor and Maira Kalman.

Annette Messager's "My Boarders" (1972)

Lucy Orta's Refuge Wear and Habitent. For more information about these projects visit the Studio Orta website.

Kaija Kiuru's "Chamber" 2002, made from lace. "Using dozens of antique circular tablecloths that the artist collected in secondhand shops, she constructed a temporary domestic shelter from the fruits of thousands of hours of work. Kiuru is concerned with the nature of home and women’s lives and the fact that 80 percent of the world refugees are woman and children. The simultaneous fragility and semi transparency of the tent created a stunning resting place." cited on the artandpolitics blog.

Taylor, Bearing (2009)

Knitted superhero costumes by Mark Newport (2006-2010)

One of Lucy & Bart's collaborations described as "described as an instinctual stalking of fashion, architecture, performance and the body." More on their website here.