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Overgrown/Overdue
Overgrown/Overdue
Steel
2020

The Amend Exhibition was conceived by Secret Identity Projects in the fall of 2020 to celebrate 100 years of women’s suffrage. All the work was for sale and a portion of sales was donated to Black Voters Matter.

In my piece, Overgrown/Overdue, the graphic "I Voted" sticker imagery hides amidst a dense lace patterning, hand pierced in mild steel. The lace pattern I chose to replicate was one from the early 1900s. I have often explored ideas surrounding traditional views of feminine and masculine in my work, piercing lace in steel. As I thought about this exhibition and the 100 year anniversary of the 19th Amendment, I wanted to honor the strength of the women who fought so hard to establish a right we take for granted, while also acknowledging the struggles and fears that many of us felt as the 2020 election approached. The brooch serves as mourning jewelry - for the state of the nation, our disgust, anger, and disillusionment.