Marjolein Wouters Self

Medium: mixed media: print, found objects, thread, wool, ink on paper.
Title: Self
Self explores the personal interests which influence my art practice. Taking extracts from a selection of the literature I have read, I am highlighting the domestic craft activities detailed within the extracts. These activities are traditional artistic work carried out primarily by women, including knitting, needlework and drawing. By illustrating the extracts through print and craft techniques, I'm emphasising the artistic abilities achieved by women while they were commonly excluded from the patriarchal world of art in the past. Each extract forms the page of a book and the book can be read in an alcove that provides the audience with an area to immerse themselves into the book.