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