Michelle Boyle: Artist

The Ordinary Woman
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Inspired by a poem of the same name by the Mary Dorcey, this work is about the unseen lives of  women – those we know and those we pass on the street. The new work incorporates video/ drawing/ embroidery/ works on paper and self portraiture.

(ref: The Ordinary Woman ‘ by Mary Dorcey from her collection: ‘To Air the Soul, Throw all the Windows Wide’ (Salmon Poetry 2016)).

Video: The Ordinary Woman – Reconstructed Archival Sewing Pattern

The silent woman – the screaming woman (detail) embroidery on salvaged cotton 28 cms sq
The Empire Dance Hall
The woman who loved her father too much embroidery on salvaged cotton 28 cms sq
The woman who works in a factory paper craft / Estonain book
The woman who carries a gun ink on perspex 35 x 20 cms
The silent woman – the screaming woman embroidery on salvaged cotton 28 cms sq
The Ordinary Woman – Reconstructed archival clothes pattern
The woman on the street

To Air the Soul, Throw all the Windows Wide  – Mary Dorcey