The Transit of Venus-Shrine and female deity textiles. My continued research into the role of women from the dawn of time to the present day has led me to question why women have been whitewashed from history. New thinking and re-interpretation of the past places women at the forefront of human technological evolution. It is now accepted that women played a key role in the production of clothing and the invention of weaving, basket making, ceramics and gardening.
Posted on May 5th, 2015 by Jane Fairhurst
‘Shrine’, mixed media, from my collection of Female Deities, includes Icon, Madonna and Child with two angels, Head of African female (vase), Venus of Catal Huyuk, relaxed candle, Artemis, ‘Mona Lisa’ of Dolne Vestonice, incense and holder, my Mother’s embroidered tray cloth.
Shrine 2, knitted female deities, work in progress.
