The UTERUS is not a dirty word. #167

#167 statement
The UTERUS is not a dirty word.
Knowledge is power.

#166 statement:
These flags should be displayed somewhere to stand against government plans to make legislation on women's bodies.


The next exhibit?

 I worked on this piece for many hours. It was my anatomy lesson to teach myself about the organ. I used threads instead of colored pencils, or paints to learn about this organ.

I took this image out of my daughter's college anatomy book. This image is specific for the arterial veins.

This is a detail of the work. I call this the Anatomical Uterus. It is currently on display at the Escondido Municipal Gallery. http://www.escondidoarts.org/

Anatomical Uterus was awarded first place for the West Coast Fiber and Book Arts. 



The exhibit is on display
August 21- September 29, 2012. 

Installation for my exhibit in Vermont. The large framed pieces are embroidered text taken from the original handwritten statements from participants.
They were installed so the viewer could walk behind the pieces and see the stitch work from the backside. The viewer could also walk up to the large window and view the uterus flags extending out into "The Green".


Below is a detail of one of the stitched pieces done in Portuguese stem stitch with three various threads, one of them a metallic thread.

When I first started this project I was distressed at the alarming numbers of surgeries done to women for hysterectomy and C-sections, in America. Through this project I have become aware of more health concerns for women. Every participant has shared their personal concerns through the power of art. This image shows the flags as they extend to the flagpole.

 The flags extended to the window and appeared as if they were going into the gallery space.
                                                                                                                            August, 2012

The number of flags is 161, when they were exhibited in Vermont. The next exhibition is October 6th  when more flags will be added to the installation. Send me your address and I will send you a flag!