Sacred Vessel - Glaze on clay with Barbie doll. 11 cm x 21 cm x 11 cm
A theme that I wanted to get across in this work was the
protection or preservation of women, but I wanted to display it in a creepier
way. I am not a feminist, but that is the message of this work. Also, that is my culture, preservation of
women. I used clay in the piece to sculpt
a pot and lid. The Barbie doll is a
found object in the piece, and is literally stuffed in the pot to be
preserved. A struggle I had with this
piece was finding a doll the right size, and also glazing the work. My glaze did not turn out in the end. A success was that I was able to make another
work where many question will be raised as to what it can really mean.