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A large mixed media workbook including textiles of Leamington Spa
A second in the series based on the statistics of harm. A wedding dress from men's shirts
Windrush - First Generation
A large textile continuing the Windrush story. Moving from the Elders to the first generation
Based on the Cocoon Coat 1913 by Paul Poiret.
“Hobbled” responds to the 2025 statistic that one in eight UK women have experienced sexual assault, domestic abuse, harassment and stalking.
The title references Paul Poiret’s hobble skirts which were cut so narrowly from knee to ankle that women could scarcely walk, sometimes even binding their legs to stop seams from splitting. I have remade his design for a coat, using dye in peacock colours over digitally designed cloth which has fragments of text and statistics relating to harm and control. Trailing ribbons. spikes and hands encircle the body, but over this language of restraint and pain leaves unfurl, flowers push through, butterflies flutter as symbols of resistance, renewal and hope.
Beneath the coat lies a dyed silk dress marked with snake-like forms, embroidered with phrases beginning “free from, and free to”.
Designed and digitally printed cotton cloth stencilled and dyed. Embroidered and dyed silk. Leaves, flowers and butterflies: printed and dyed cloth, Tyvek, paint, and machine stitch.
Although the 20 Life Story Quilts have come to an end, and most are now in private collections around the world, there are 4 left that are available for display/exhibitions. Please contact me if you'd like to know more.
Each quilt includes a life model and a heavily stitched background with text of the "story" the quilt illustrates, and they cover a wide variety of subjects: feminism, work, motherhood, monopause, abuse, depression, bullying, ageing and injustice.
Poisonous Plant (SOLD)
Murder (SOLD)
Mitochondrial Roots (SOLD)
On The Shelf (SOLD)
The UnProfessional Wife (SOLD)
Leaf Mould (For Sale £900 in the shop)
Motherland (SOLD)
Fighting Back (SOLD)
Still Life (with orange) (SOLD)
Shall I Be Mother? (SOLD)
Hello Dear, What Did You Do Today (SOLD)
Switching Off (SOLD)
Be The Change You Want (SOLD)
The Glass Ceiling (NFS)
Measures of Time (SOLD)
Self Portrait in the Third Person Poisonous Plant
Murder
The Glass Ceiling
Mitochondrial Roots
On The Shelf
The UnProfessional Wife
Leaf Mould
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Still Life (with orange)
Shall I Be Mother?
Hello Dear, What Did You Do Today
Be The Change You Want
Measures of Time
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Quilts and artworks for sale are here. I no longer take online payments but you can get in touch by emailing directly on annabelrainbow@yahoo.com for bank transfer or Paypal details. If you are interested in a piece and want to know more before committing let me know as I'm happy to send more photos and discuss a piece in depth.
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