A slice of Lime

While I’ve been mulling over the Gynaecology project, I’ve been getting on with other projects. I’ve got two things on the go at the moment. One is a artist’s book about Hulme which I’m hoping to get ready for the Manchester Artist’s Book Fair in October. The other is 108 garments, which is based on research I did during a residency in 2009. I was looking at the history of the Methodist Church in Manchester, and discovered in the archives, information about social projects they ran in the 1890s, including a women’s refuge and a rescue home for destitute girls. I found lists of the womens belongings, which were literally just the clothes they stood up in. 108 Garments is a response to that, but I’m not too sure where it is heading. I was at Platt Hall Costume Museum a few weeks ago, and these are a couple of drawings I particularly like.