Sylvie Fleury might have created the most elegant dildo in the world.
History of Dildos
Our technological advancements have brought us a long way from the dildos of antiquity. It’s easy to take for granted the variety of options available today, when you consider that humans were surviving on whatever they could find 30,ooo years ago.
For hundreds, if not thousands of years, the phallic symbol has served as a sex toy. Isn’t it interesting to discover how the well-known phallic item came to be, considering everything that has gone before it? The following hint: it wasn’t always silicone, and it wasn’t always as brightly coloured, nor was it always that comfortable to use.
Some of the oldest dildos humans that have been discovered lived approximately 30,000 years ago. That is, as far as we are aware. Archaeologists have discovered a stone penis-looking device that they believe was used for sexual activities as well as for “knapping flints” 28,000 years ago (meaning banging two rocks together to make tools).
In the opinion of historian and author Hallie Lieberman, who wrote Buzz: A Stimulating History of the Sex Toy, because there is no way to confirm the object’s use, archaeologists must admit that there is some doubt as to whether the object discovered was not used for another purpose, such as sharpening spears. Lieberman, on the other hand, is confident in what they discovered.
“Sex was considered very shameful for some people and it’s quite heavily constrained,” Lister says.
Despite this, numerous cultures all over the world have produced sex toys for religious and recreational purposes. When excavating in Ancient Greece, archeologists discovered depictions of women carrying baskets of dildos, which means “dildos baskets.” They even made reference to Dildos in their plays. During the Peloponnesian War, a group of women decide to embark on a sex strike in order to bring it to a close, and they debate the possibility of using dildos during their subsequent dry periods. According to Lieberman, dildos were sometimes fashioned of leather and used in conjunction with olive oil lubricant in Ancient Greece, as an aside. For more dildos and sex toys products, visit Secret Cherry dildo Malaysia.
The World’s Most Luxurious Dildos Ever
None of the collaborations we’ve done as part of HIGHArt have pushed us to break new territory like Sylvie Fleury’s. Sure, we’ve manufactured merch before, albeit it wasn’t quite as elitist. A crystal dildo, on the other hand, is a first for us.
If you’re unfamiliar with Fleury’s work, the Swiss artist addresses the role of consumeristic fetishization in our daily lives through a variety of media including sculpture, performance, installation, and painting. Of course, we had to contact her for her thoughts on HIGHArt.
Fleury originally established a name for herself in the art world with her 1990 work “C’est La Vie!” in which she displayed shopping bags from high-end brands like Christian Lacroix and Estée Lauder as readymades. Since then, the Swiss artist has created a bronze cast of a Celine handbag, as well as merging high heels and their shoe boxes into a sculpture, presenting Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar covers, and exhibiting Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar covers.
