i: Illustration
ii: Poster iii: Brandingiv: Publication
v: Crochet
Protection/ Constraint October 2024 - 3ft x 5ft - Sculpture
Crocheted Wire, Ribbon, Photography, and Photoshop
Utilizing type as material, concrete poetry allows for unconventional approaches to typography and materiality, focusing on their expressive potential. In a segment of Beverly Jones’s book Feminism in Our Time, she describes how women do not want to conform to societal standards surrounding marriage, but also fear the idea of perpetual isolation. Traditional femininity is depicted by ribbon and the practice of crochet, which is disrupted by the unconventional use of wire that collectively resembles both a wire fence and chainmail, representing constraint and protection. Marriage, like isolation, is both restrictive and secure. The visual juxtaposition created by the crocheted wire emphasizes the conflict between conforming to traditional roles and seeking independence.
They are also in a panic, an absolute frenzy, to fulfill their destiny: to find a man and get married. It is not that they have all been brainwashed by the media to want a husband, split-level house, three children, a dog, a cat, and a station wagon.
Many just want out from under their parents. They just can't take the slow slaughter anymore but they don't have the courage to break away. They fear the wrath of the explosion but even more they fear the ensuing loneliness and isolation.
Generally, a single girl's best friend is still her family. They are the only people she can rely upon for conversation, for attention, for concern with her welfare, no matter how misdirected. And everyone needs some personal attention or they begin to experience a lack of identity. Thus the big push to find the prince charming who will replace the chains with a golden ring.
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