We give flowers
400 x 605
Mixed Media - Paint, dress patterns, graphite, charcoal, metallic foil
I think that women of the South Pacific and also those European women who have settled here no doubt formed relationships with one another (and still do) through a shared love of ‘making’ — using creative, decorative language common to both; nature-based symbolism features often. Here I have focused on the floral. Women give and receive bouquets to honour love, friendship, thankfulness, birth and death. They decorate the home, furnishings and ceremonial spaces. Women decorate themselves and have been referred to as 'flowers'. The virgin blooms...
400 x 605
Mixed Media - Paint, dress patterns, graphite, charcoal, metallic foil
I think that women of the South Pacific and also those European women who have settled here no doubt formed relationships with one another (and still do) through a shared love of ‘making’ — using creative, decorative language common to both; nature-based symbolism features often. Here I have focused on the floral. Women give and receive bouquets to honour love, friendship, thankfulness, birth and death. They decorate the home, furnishings and ceremonial spaces. Women decorate themselves and have been referred to as 'flowers'. The virgin blooms...