Below are pictures of embroidery done by an artist named Eliza Bennett. As you can see, the embroidery is done directly onto the skin of her hand. When I first saw this, I was completely disturbed, as you might be, but I found I kept coming back to look at them again. I think its partly because I admire how Eliza was able to do this. The artist embroiders her hand on the very top layer of skin so there is no pain, only discomfort. On her website, she writes that she embroiders her hand to reflect an incredibly worn work hand. She writes that shes "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'." For me, it was the uncomfortable idea of her embroidery that first intrigued me, but I think her reasoning plus the embroidery on her own skin results in a incredibly beautiful work of art. If you want to see more pictures and read her artist statement, check out her website here.
Very interesting and different
ReplyDeleteI've never seen anything like this, you can tell the artist is committed to her work
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