Studio investigations - the ages of woman

 Here are some images of my most recent work from the studio thinking about the stages of womanhood and the menopause.

 I have been using lots of different materials to develop ideas, from paper to felt, wire to packing materials. The size and scale are varied too from the small paper piece above to the large textile piece below.

My most recent work is this piece based on the three ages of womanhood- maiden, mother and crone- taken from literature

unfortunately the lighting isn't great for the black figure and so in the photos above she is hardly visible, but then again becoming kind of invisible as you age is part of the work.

Another line of work I have been trying is influenced by Ana Mendieta and includes the images above, making effigies of the female form in natural materials gathered from the autumnal garden and then burning them - all tackling the same themes.