Womxn’s Work began in a womxn and femme rape survivors’ sewing circle.

I came out as a rape survivor in a variety of public spaces throughout NYC, each time negotiating psychological safety while hand-to-hand delivering letters as well as verbally discussing Women’s Work in order to organise project participation. Once in place, we used wool pieces felted into water soluable embroidery backing along with embroidered text to create a textile sculpture of a female nude, sewing the pieces of our bodies back together. We then showed this work alongside our survivor stories in galleries and museums. This exhibition included a performance where viewers were encouraged into the silent space to cast my nude body with felted wool. As they did so, written identities the patriarchy has placed upon me disappeared.