Yesterday everyone in class had to give their presentations on progress to date. Gareth took notes for me, of my feedback.
Linden picked up on, "really liked", one of the questions I posed in my presentation, to which I did not have the answer: How do I do this Valuing Women work, without being nostalgic?" I don't think we came to a conclusion on it, but I will look up the word nostalgic, and then pose this question to my Shedio art group, and also might put it on our Facebook page.
Class members liked my sketchbook work, particularly the drawing of a cross stitch gesture, then interpreting it in cross stitch, weaving it, enlarging it etc. The cross stitch gesture captured an energy. (Well done Vanda for creating the exercise - well done me for following through!)
Consider making samplers in different materials - modern, not natural fibres. Think about where the fibres come from.
Interested in not alienating men. The prison work (Fine Cell Work) - was it gender specific? What is the gender specifically in prisons. FCW work with women to teach knitting, and men to stitch canvas work cushions to retail in high end outlets.
"Critical Craft Network" The real perspective on the doing aspect of the work. Look this up.
"How you publicise" could be the source of inclusiveness of men rather than alienating men. What about interviewing men in working men's clubs. This would need me to take a large brave pill!
Charity shop/reworking old clothes from relatives. "Aunt Joan" materials.
Artefacts - Could be used in the exhibition. Maybe display in Valentines Mansion, Ilford, as most women depicted lived there.
Will you include photos of the women? Might be interesting to form our own image. I was going to include photos of these women in a collage about each one, and maybe in a sketchbook about each one, but not in the sampler. Yet, what is a portrait? Is it a likeness of the person, or could it be about the artefacts and interests of the individual? Need to research this further.
The portrait - engage in the debate. What is the portrait in this situation? Recognising a small part of ourselves or the person.
Clothing works like a photograph. Does it destroy the mystery?
Punchy, gutsy, firm, forward looking. Your underlying rule set. and your criteria (hidden text forms the baseline).
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