Rosary

Rosary proposes a comparison between ancient thoughts and myths surrounding the female form with current ideas around perception/deception of women’s bodies in much of contemporary society. Prayer beads, usually strung together and named differently across cultures, have similar meanings. They represent a re-centering act, a connection point to that which is larger, greater, wiser than humanity and a place for deep reverence. The oversized necklace/prayer piece invites contemplation and a meditation separate to that of mass media and contemporary control of how the female body is seen. Each female figure, created as beads in Rosary, are either imagined or a re-interpreted studies of various fertility figurines found in Europe and Africa. They bring the diverse feminine forms into tactile and visual immediacy for today’s viewer especially vivid in its oversized scale. It’s continuous circular form could act as a reconnector to the body in contemporary times. A nuanced take on body positivity and empowerment.