Blood + Soot

Hand embroidery on painted cotton muslin, with carved and painted display hoop.

8.50x9.75"

*this piece is NOT FOR SALE*
Blood + Soot is a more abstract figure whose body is packed with spirals. I think this figure is quite joyous, to me she's dancing, but she also seems raw and vulnerable. In her body I see both flowers and raw tissue. She is both sides- negative and positive, death and life, joy and trauma.