The words from women who settled in New Zealand in the 19th century describing how they cared for their family's clothes and household linens, as written in their letters and diaries are transposed in this piece. They are handwritten with a natural pigment onto linen fabric, the words fusing and overlapping from a distance but partially readable up close. This piece was developed out of my research for PG Dip into Valuing the Mundane which was focused on the domestic care of textiles prior to any mechanisation. The image is from the installation at Percy Thomson Gallery, Stratford, New Zealand. 2014.
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