A Woman's Work
Kathleen Madigan. A Woman's Work, 2007.
Description:
Inspired by a lament from Aunt Jane in Aunt Jane of Kentucky by Eliza Calvert Hall (1907) that the discouraging thing about a woman's work is that it "perishes with the usin,'" this piece is an ode to the unsung work of a mother: the driving, the laundry, the cooking, cleaning, and fixing. Sewn on dyed cotton bought in Ghana, Africa.
Medium:
Mixed Media
Tags:
dish, dish drainer, hubcap, laundry, Aunt Jane of Kentucky, Kentucky, fabric, quilt, work, ode, perish, Africa, Ghana, cotton
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