As an older woman artist, I use sculpture and performance to speak about my experience and perspective of ageing and society. I use the methodology of craftivism which is craft plus activism to make sculptures and the costumes I perform in. I use sewing, weaving, knitting and embroidery to make kitchenalia, quilts, samplers and the aforementioned costumes one of which I am wearing in this ‘selfie’.
I use building supplies and safety equip to make my work. These materials are a deliberate feminising of items more commonly associated in male orientated occupations. Metaphorically I am addressing the inequities in women’s labour both employed and domestic. Additionally, the high vis palette gives a hypervisibility to the issues I am commenting on.