drawings
writing
2024. Drawing on double-bed sheet.
Exhibited in Broke Companion and Pressed by Arthouse Selective.
Unknown Maker is decorated with drawings in coloured pencil and graphite. The work weaves together familial Celtic symbology, Western quilting traditions and absurdist mythological iconography. The sacred symbol of the cow is hidden all over, as is a conjoined spiralling ribcage and circular crest that imply the presence of life and death in one entity. Evoking bedding, shrouding, tapestry, quilt making and flag bearing, the sheet memorialises forms of maternal labour and imagines dreams. The title Unknown Maker speaks to acts of female and maternal labour that are rendered invisible. The sheet was used as a piece of peculiar costuming in a video collaboration known as Broke Companion, where it was worn as a ritualistic robe.