hands that do dishes

Repetitive tasks

Preordained Gender Role-Woman's Work

Preordained Gender Role-Woman's Work

Image created within Photoshop Elements 6.  

I aim to use this photo-layered artwork on an Apron 

I will print on to Photo fabric and sew to-gether giving woman's skills importance.   

Me with Apron-preordained and ready for woman's work training

Me as a young woman
(as any woman) working full time- low paid repetitive work  

Every Woman's Work-Instillation Photographed with black backdrop

Learning from your Mother and your Mothers' Mother-War Bride

Woman's Work is unglamorous and quickly becomes part of a woman's' every-day life within couples. 

 'War Bride' challenges this accepted norm of society. Not all women can be stitched  into place but need choice and creativity within their lives. 

Woman's Work as part of my Mothers 'Make-up'/War Bride/Pram Cover

A Woman in sand wedged into place by society and by the learning from each generation, Mother to Daughter.  Women can have fixed perimeters and be 'sewed into place' only allowing for 'Woman's Work' within the confines society allows depicted by  time in history.  

Creating Learning from your Mother and your Mothers' Mother- Mum War Bride

Learning from your Mother and your Mothers' Mother-Mum war Bride

The everyday tasks of many women

The everyday tasks of many women involve many domestic chores.  These chores involve repetitive work.  This repetitive work can be for the family and children as well as within the workplace.  I as well as many other women see it as 'their place' to do this boring repetitive work.  Marriage involves working for each other as well as compromising many choices.  Many men work hard and long hours( somtimes short hours like teaching involves home-work preperation ) my husband is still ferrying my adult children too and from many places which uses up time so tasks are shared but the bulk of the mundain household tasks often fall on the woman's shoulders and this is accepted by society.  I hope to include this as concept within my art Woman's work as the hand of a woman (my own) doing these many tasks and then at rest.

Black and White pre conceived life choice-Woman's Work

Imprint of Mothers and Mothers, Mothers-learning Woman's Work

development of Ideas for Mothers Mothers and me

Woman's Work-Artist-Life Balance

Mum

Learning from my essay researching  Linguistic Theory and The  'Maleness of Language'. What I said in my essay influences my art.
"I feel this is true: the idea that many women who are following on from their mothers and mother’s mothers in habit and learning make sense. As a mother we teach our girl children what to expect from life, and that’s less than what boys expect and get: (I have two boys and one girl) my mother taught me “education was not necessary as I would marry and have children anyway!”   Making an informed choice becomes more available with language and attitude change. Women are socially moulded, so we should try as best we can to break free, and demand respect, for what we contribute to society, how we look, feel, think, do, is both made by nature and nurture."
I am now caring for my Mother she is very weak and is an invalide at the moment I live partly with her in Glasgow partly at home in Central region.

Balance-Collage and Woman's Work (College mate Caroline caught in photo)

Balancing College with Woman's Work!
This photo encompasses the many demands made on a woman, when they venture out into the career world.
Caroline West starting a College day, with my
 Woman's Work Clothes Horse used here as a metaphor
joining both worlds of work together in a balanced happy day. This is not always easy, as Woman's Work and family demands encroach on a woman's time which can dissolve and stifle energies, 
thought processes, and creativity.   

Shadow Of Self Woman's Work Washday

Second coat of white paint onto Airers and first Lino print colour onto Somerset paper. Printing first blue of Woman's work Lino Print, Wash day for Betsy.

                              

Domestic chores makes a women a shadow of her actual self.

Woman's Work Wash Day is EVERYDAY!

A timeless universal woman of Domestic Chores.
making women half of their actual self!