Hello,
I found your site while doing research on Women Performance Artists
for my thesis project, and decided to submit this piece.
I made it last fall in sculpture class; during critique, it was judged
as having 'too much information' and 'gross.' I was told it was a
throw away piece.
It is carved limestone, the eggs are torn from found paper extraction
thimbles, and I used oil and acrylic paints, glue, and embroidery floss.
This piece was made during a particularly painful period, both monthly
and life-wise. I am now 37; each month, my periods are different and
more painful. When I showed this to my women friends, they immediately
related, and understood that I was trying to express the pain and beauty
of bleeding, the sadness and relief it brings.
After looking at each of the artists on your site, I think I will add
my own menstrual blood to the paint, just to make it even more 'mine.'
More 'ours.'
Thank you for providing this forum for discussing this most vital of
human fluids.
Terry Wunderlich
I will graduate this fall with a BFA in Sculpture. My thesis project
will involve performance, fiber and sound - I'm still working on
it, but will submit images
when it's finished.