“Porcelain” weapons by French artist Helena Hauss

Paris-based artist Helena Hauss is known for her delicate ballpoint pen drawings, however, she decided to try something different and created a project called Hell Hath no Fury that features a series of delftware style “porcelain” weapons. The prject is an “approach to represent the inner strength and fury that comes with being a woman”, says the artist, women are too often portrayed as fragile and delicate, this Hell Hath no Fury is “an expression of the contrasting subtleties that come with femininity”, as well as “an attempt at vindication from a feeling of constant vulnerability that’s been forced upon [women].” Helena Hauss used polyurethane to create these porcelain-like works instead of true porcelain. “I wanted something strong that wouldn’t break easily, as a metaphor for its subject. Something that would look like Porcelain but actually isn’t.” Helena explained.