m a m a, 2010

Wirksworth Festival, school builidng, Wirksworth, UK

Dimensions: Two cylinders a 3,5 meters high and 1,7 meters diameter
The mundane and repetitive process of embroidering 1300 book titles on motherhood onto fabric perhaps reflects one of the more difficult aspects during the first year of motherhood. Their titles demonstrate the complexity and life changing consequences of the subject.
White egg like birthing balls roll in and out of the cloth spaces and are to sit on.

Acknowledgements:
Bev Stout; sewing machine Nick Champion; help with constraction of plywood hoops supporting the fabric