Vagina Crime Scene

I like to think my work takes a controversial and uncomfortable visual approach to the topics surrounding a woman. I want people to stop and look. This is about grabbing the attention, in my case, this includes using detailed risqué visuals mainly using materials such as clay, canvas and acrylic, or photographs. I take two different approaches to my work. One may seem more significant with a strong message behind it, whilst the other being almost humorous but still touching a topic of importance or one that is generally ignored to others. Being surrounded by young women constantly, who feel they want to be listened to and verbalize about what it is to be a woman, what makes them vexed, happy or sad, is something that gained by attention. Themes such as contraception have been a large topic of discussion. Contraception has long been a source for women, but in particular, after interviewing with young girls and women, I believe the coil brings more confusion and is a more sensitive subject. Through personal experience with the coil and speaking with women, questioning how they feel, I quickly began to see a pattern of neglection towards the coil, in all senses. This was inspiration in itself, for wanting to take action and draw attention to it. My ‘Vagina Crime Scene’ does just this. My installation is bold and controversial. It has connotations which can lead to different interpretations surrounding religion, sexuality, femininity and even being gender specification. During my research, creating and discussing with my peers, new areas of interest and new perceptions arose around my practice and led me to the next body of work.