This wood carving was part of a Tudor roof truss, now in storage in Ipswich Museum apparently. so much hidden in storage in museums, rotate rotate!
I presume this woman is in the ducking stool…..such strong emotions expressed, such powerful carving.
I am signed up to do a pop up exhibition at ArtSkool {whoops, forgot “never volunteer”} theme to be shared with jenny butcher. We are working on the restrictions of expectations, mine as they seek to control women culturally and jenny the individual hidden emotional bounds of being adopted.
I wish I wasn’t so old and a bit ill, I would like to project this photo on the wall…..obviously by writing this down I am trying to force myself into technological action……In my head I imagine a Maypole in the middle of the room with textile strips linking to various sketches of bound women on the wall. {it is a drawing based challenge]
I have 2 x 50 metre tapes which I may stitch with the text of expectations of the roles/actions/ of women, remembering not to stick to Western women only…….but that will take time, hopefully be completed for my Final Fine Arts degree exhibition next year.
