Pressing on No. 2
collage: thread, woven paper on vintage iron
PRESSING ON Series combines artifact, word* and fiber – the hardness of iron, the softness of fibers, and the wisdom of words, as a testament to generations of women, the multi-layered heritage, domesticity and female domains. Antique sad (solid) irons evoke the tactile, experiential memory – the personal ‘herstories’.
Utilizing: *text from writings by pro-feminist, abolitionist, writer Hannah More, published anonymously in 1791. More’s life-long overriding cause was galvanizing women to act not as domestic ornaments, but as thinking, engaged and responsible beings. Hannah gave the abolitionist movement a public voice with her writings. Dying in September of 1833, she lived just long enough to see slavery abolished in the British Empire.
Awareness of the dedicated work of Hannah More in the 18th C. illustrates the depth and density of deep seated issues within our culture and inspires us to continue to raise one’s voice to inequality and injustice.
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