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The Bedlam Collection

“Bedlam boys are bonny,

For they all go bare and they live by the air

And they want no drink nor money.”

  – from Bedlam Boys, English folk song circa 1618

 

The Classical notion of the madman as a ‘Natural,’ who lives a pastoral life half-clothed and in the outdoors (harmless if peculiar), is a counterpoint to first-person narratives of psychiatric survivors, who are locked up and assumed to be harmful. The Bedlam Collection articulates these disparate ideas in counterpoint, through the use of textile sculpting, batik, and natural materials.

Tom O'Bedlam pants featured on the program cover for The Happening

Tom O'Bedlam pants featured on the program cover for The Happening

Mad Maud from The Bedlam Collection, 2012. Textiles, found objects.

Mad Maud from The Bedlam Collection, 2012. Textiles, found objects.

Featured in The Mad Couture Catwalk at Fashion Art Toronto, 2013.

Mad Maud from The Bedlam Collection, 2012. Textiles, found objects.

Mad Maud from The Bedlam Collection, 2012. Textiles, found objects.

Featured in The Mad Couture Catwalk at Fashion Art Toronto, 2013.

The Bedlam Collection: Tom O'Bedlam and Mad Maud, 2012. Textile and found objects. Photo by Brett Jubinville.

The Bedlam Collection: Tom O'Bedlam and Mad Maud, 2012. Textile and found objects. Photo by Brett Jubinville.

Featured in The Mad Couture Catwalk at the Art Gallery of Ontario, 2012.

Tom O'Bedlam from The Bedlam Collection, 2012. Textile, found objects.

Tom O'Bedlam from The Bedlam Collection, 2012. Textile, found objects.

Featured in The Mad Couture Catwalk at Fashion Art Toronto, 2013.

Mad Maude from the Bedlam Collection, 2012. Textile and found objects.

Mad Maude from the Bedlam Collection, 2012. Textile and found objects.

Featured in The Mad Couture Catwalk at the Art Gallery of Ontario, 2012. Photo by Brett Jubinville.

Tom O'Bedlam from The Bedlam Collection, 2012. Textile and found objects. Photo by Brett Jubinville.

Tom O'Bedlam from The Bedlam Collection, 2012. Textile and found objects. Photo by Brett Jubinville.

Featured in The Mad Couture Catwalk at the Art Gallery of Ontario, 2012.

Tom O'Bedlam from the Bedlam Collection, 2012. Textile and found objects.

Tom O'Bedlam from the Bedlam Collection, 2012. Textile and found objects.

Feaured in The Mad Couture Catwalk at the Art Gallery of Ontario, 2012. Photo by Brett Jubinville.

Mad Maude from The Bedlam Collection, 2012. Textile and found objects. Photo by David Sweeney.

Mad Maude from The Bedlam Collection, 2012. Textile and found objects. Photo by David Sweeney.

The Bedlam Collection, 2012. Textile and found objects.

The Bedlam Collection, 2012. Textile and found objects.

Featured in the Mad Couture Catwalk at the Art Gallery of Ontario, 2012. Photo by Brett Jubinville.

The Bedlam Collection, 2012. Textile and found objects.

The Bedlam Collection, 2012. Textile and found objects.

Featured in The Mad Couture Catwalk at Fashion Art Toronto, 2013.

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Tom O'Bedlam pants featured on the program cover for The Happening
Mad Maud from The Bedlam Collection, 2012. Textiles, found objects.
Mad Maud from The Bedlam Collection, 2012. Textiles, found objects.
The Bedlam Collection: Tom O'Bedlam and Mad Maud, 2012. Textile and found objects. Photo by Brett Jubinville.
Tom O'Bedlam from The Bedlam Collection, 2012. Textile, found objects.
Mad Maude from the Bedlam Collection, 2012. Textile and found objects.
Tom O'Bedlam from The Bedlam Collection, 2012. Textile and found objects. Photo by Brett Jubinville.
Tom O'Bedlam from the Bedlam Collection, 2012. Textile and found objects.
Mad Maude from The Bedlam Collection, 2012. Textile and found objects. Photo by David Sweeney.
The Bedlam Collection, 2012. Textile and found objects.
The Bedlam Collection, 2012. Textile and found objects.

The Bedlam Collection

“Bedlam boys are bonny,

For they all go bare and they live by the air

And they want no drink nor money.”

  – from Bedlam Boys, English folk song circa 1618

 

The Classical notion of the madman as a ‘Natural,’ who lives a pastoral life half-clothed and in the outdoors (harmless if peculiar), is a counterpoint to first-person narratives of psychiatric survivors, who are locked up and assumed to be harmful. The Bedlam Collection articulates these disparate ideas in counterpoint, through the use of textile sculpting, batik, and natural materials.