Blog 2 Phillip Craig

The presentation by Harmony Hammond went on a little longer than I would have liked, but her work and her views on feminine and gay rights was quite interesting. The pieces that caught my attention the most were the garments made of torn clothes dipped in paint. There’s sort of an irony when sewing clothes together, often seen as a woman’s job in a sexist way, is used to represent the feminist movement. I also liked the paintings using the Dorlands wax medium. Making a painted surface look as if it were woven can’t be an easy task, and makes for an attention-grabbing look and texture.