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Hand stitched embroidery on vintage dish linen

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"Cloth holds the sometimes unbearable gift of memory. And its memory is exacting: it does not forget even the benign scars of accident: red wine on a white tablecloth, water on a silk blouse, dark patches beneath the arms on a humid summer day. (...) Stains mark the wearer: To be stained is to be dirty, messy, poor, and/or careless. It infers a variety of judgments: One does not care for his or her clothing. One does not care about his or her presentation. One is unprofessional. One is obviously a slob"

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Rozanne Hawksley - Our Lady of the seven sorrow

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Rozanne Hawksley - Our Lady of the seven sorrow

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Womens burden, experience loss, but presentation still rooted in desire of the body

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Significance of touch, shared cultural identities, memories

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Primitivist style - exploring the ability to both attract and repulse through materials

Interesting to think about womens reaction to being categorised - the urge to use your body repulse in order to subvert labels of association from men

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Rozanne Hawksley - Embroidered face mask for mourning

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Rozanne Hawksley - Embroidered face mask for mourning

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mediation through personal documentation - spirituality, identity ,experience

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Intersection between craft and art - validity in womens tactile practices not just as to cater to funcionality but explore concept and conversation through the work

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Use of raw materials

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Hair - personal themes of African-American identity exploring self-representation

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representation of personal space - vulnerability, interesting in thinking about subverting perceptions on women upholding standards of propriety

themes of chaos and repulsion challenge the idea of the ‘proper’ and ‘dignified’

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Polly Bennett - Medallion with center bars (1943)

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1830 embroidered sampler written as if a diary entry - a girls experiences

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why women make - craft as communication

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Death book framing example

-Demonstarates values, fears, experiences

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-Also exemplifies presentation of story and narrative

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Animals

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Conjoined pieces - sections

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tryptic - conjoined panels to tell a narrative