we have been showing the work, and conversing about the work at various venues... and keeping up with the banner designs... that in itself is an enormous part of this year's work. as well we find ourselves talking about the work in varied venues including Liverpool, UK! I was invited to a lovely conference and brought the wool, the needles, crochet hooks in order to bring the material life into the discussion of women, poverty, disability and homelessness.... And some of the ambivalence and uncertainty i feel as well, around this work... it is paradoxical to engage in the domestic arts with women denied any domestic pleasures - or perhaps not.
and today we had our community knit in at the gallery... a delightful afternoon with some folk joining in while others looked on through the windows... and tomorrow we knit hearts... and design banners....
