Daisy Makeig-Jones for Wedgwood
'Ghostly Wood' plate from the 'Fairyland Lustre' series, 1916-1932 Porcelain, lustre glaze.
"We all know (for we are told it so often) that girls who linger in the woods meet terrible fates. They are devoured by beasts. They lose the path. They succumb to temptation.
They do not marry; they do not rule.
What truly goes hungry - when it is denied girls to devour - is the castle.
May we live to see it starve."
Melanie Gillman, Other Ever Afters
Melissa Meier, Masks
"In “Masked” I use masks as a form of expressed emotion rather than concealed disguise. I fabricate oversized masks out of clay and ceramics bringing them to life using glass eyes, paint, and human models; I then photograph them in both abstract and commonplace settings. Sculpted stylistically, the masks appear to breathe and live, whether a person is posing behind them or not. With each mask I work to capture the private emotions that are expressed when one is alone. ... In this series I am using masks as a form of revelation. Through the masks I am able to explore one’s true sense of self - not one that is formed by culture, gender, race, age or experience."
Sara Birns
If Only I Had Opposable Thumbs
Rain Me Visions
both c. 2021
oil on panel
Source: cassinaprojects.com
Audrey Motoya, Paper and Brushstroke
Source: audreymontoya.com
Amy Coleslaw (i felt kitsch), Hand Baby and Right Foot Baby
needle felted by hand using 1 single needle and vintage fabric doll faces
Source: ifeltkitsch.com