Four figures exploring ALL THE WOMEN IN ME ARE TIRED. The first I made as an empty bag, stitched and waxed. The surface gleams quietly in the light, looks a bit like a snake skin that has been sloughed off. This led to further experiment…..a single layer of net curtain, waxed and cut to the template of the first and then a partial silk figure waxed and spattered with walnut ink. The final figure became the second as to the same template as the first I cut and hand stitched a bag [not completely closed. It could be open and spilling…….but I want to expand my use of different media so it is splattered with plaster and wax….which is rather unstable so may not allow me to add “spilling guts”.
This work has been a development of my previous experiments with stuffed fabric figures. I wanted to make something that was more delicate fragile tired!
Counter intuitively it has led me to consider working on my large “single parent” and making it more flagrant….perhaps painting it as a “nana” ?
looking at the group together t does look rather down beat…maybe more joy is needed….by me. Maybe I am getting my energy back?
