Vessels
Vessel 1: Slut (mannequin + acrylic + digital illustration, 2020)
Vessel 2: Goddess (mannequin + acrylic + digital illustration, 2020)
Vessel 3: Mother (mannequin + polymer clay + acrylic + digital illustration, 2020)
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The male gaze transforms the female form into a vessel of his own creation.
We are sluts, virgins, whores and holes. We are prudes, teases, ladies and goddesses. We are breeders, incubators, and nurturers. We are mothers. Even if we never desire such a role, the cult of motherhood is cast upon us.
We are simultaneously good and evil, fair and unjust, feared and loved. We are everything and nothing at all.
Our bodies carry more than just the potential for life. We carry hope, shame, love, fear, joy, silence and rage.
We carry the biases, anger, resentment, and judgment of others and ourselves.
Our bodies are vessels carrying the unbearable weight of the world 🖤