‘My Shroud Has Pockets’
$600
Handwoven cotton with painted images. Commercial silk gauze panel with sewn pockets containing charms (porcelain created by Rosemary Molesworth)

Clichés such as "you can’t take it with you" or "shrouds don’t have pockets" were the inspiration for this piece. The image imprinted on the cloth is that of the artist (wrapped in plastic, then covered in textile paint, the cloth was then lowered onto the body then rolled with a clean roller) the other images were silk screened onto the cloth.
Many cultures buried prized possessions with their dead to comfort them in the afterlife. Coins were put into pockets to appease gods and spirits; symbolic charms or dolls expressed the deceased’s life. My shroud? well, the observer can surmise what these objects mean to my life.

‘Memories Shroud’
$600
Handwoven cotton panel. Images have been silk screened on to the cloth using textile paint.

Those who have had near death experiences relate being greeted by relatives and friends who have already passed on and a long tunnel with a brilliant light appearing at the end.
The Memories shroud is a handwoven panel with images, created from original photographs, reproduced onto thermo fax screens then screened using textile pigments. All the images are of deceased friends and relative who have impacted on the artist’s life.

‘The Merry Widow’
$1500
Handwoven tencel cloth in 8-harness twill weave structure. Lining is hand dyed, stamped and stenciled silk.

The traditional side of this black mourning coat suits the concept of somber funeral rites, sadness, loss, and despair. The lining, however, is brilliant red with screened images of funeral lilies expressing a sense of freedom, relief or possibly jubilation?