March 2018

 

Weaving (wool & embroidery thread)

 

Not Yours is a weaving made up of various industrial and hand-made yarns. Woven throughout this work are various shades of skin tones with a muted pink tone weaving in and out. The pink color is symbolic of female anatomy and the underlying shade of pink in the lightest to the darkest skin tones.

 

This work is inspired by the feminist Craftivism movement. The weaving communicates a sense of unity and connectedness between women of all races. The gentle and domestic nature of the weaving is juxtaposed with the text: Not Your Bitch. Not Your Baby., embroidered directly onto the weaving. The text is blunt, meaning exactly what it says. I, she, we, they, etc. are not yours (referring to men and the mal