I have been keeping all of the faces I had used the eyes from for my pieces from last year. These have been cut out a bit more delicately than the ones I have been doing recently, but I find the women without eyes quite interesting and quite imposing to look at.
It’s like they have had their identities stolen, eyes are part of what make you who you are. It’s the part of a person you look at to determine trust and honesty, when you’re a child you get told by your mother to look her straight in the eye and tell her the truth and that’s how she’d know you had lied.
By taking away the eyes it adds doubt, fear and a sense of unease. It’s not easy to read someone without being able to see someone’s full expression, like trying to judge someone’s response when they are wearing large sunglasses or have their face turned away from you.
