Bisa Butler’s art quilts
Tag: people are awesome
“Using my own hand as a base material, I considered it a canvas upon which I stitched into the top layer of skin using thread to create the appearance of an incredibly work worn hand. By using the technique of embroidery, traditionally employed to represent femininity and applying it to the expression of it’s opposite, I hope to challenge the pre-conceived notion that ‘women’s work’ is light and easy. Aiming to represent the effects of hard work arising from employment in low paid ancillary jobs such as cleaning, caring, and catering, all traditionally considered to be ‘women’s work’”
Eliza Bennett
A woman’s work is never done
2011
Flesh, thread
by Julie Fei- Fan Balzer More of her work can be found here.
Amelia Earhart, before her first flight across the Atlantic, c.1928. (via Tekniska museet)
This is why I hate texting sometimes.
Every text conversation between me and my siblings summarized in a nutshell
This speaks to me on a spiritual level.
Hearseeno 