PERSIST opened online on August 31 at the Women’s Work Art Gallery. Click here to see the artworks. Two pieces from my Women’s PPE series were selected for this WCA online exhibit and one is featured in the photo below.
I’m still working on PPE, experimenting with different materials and techniques. Using PVA glue to stiffen the fabric was simply not satisfactory, it had the texture of oilcloth, so I am back to a commercial fabric stiffener. I’m going to stop when the nested pile reaches the top of a Rubbermaid tub.
I have been reading a lot, here are a few top picks:
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, by Olga Tokarczuk. This one really spoke to me. The book is translated from the Polish and I listened to the audio version. Wonderful reader, had all the difficult-to-pronounce names and places right and told this amazing story so well. This is a 5 star review!
Salvage the Bones, by Jesmyn Ward. The recurring bone theme was accidental, but this harrowing story, told over a time during and after Hurricane Katrina, was a page turner, and beautifully written—no surprise it was National Book Award winner.
A Children’s Bible, by Lydia Millet. This dystopian story, also set during and after a huge storm, was suspenseful and sometimes chilling.
Girl, Woman, Other, by Bernardine Evaristo. Written with not much punctuation, this book weaves together stories of women of the African diaspora over time and place. I loved it.
This was a pretty weighty reading list, I mixed in a few mysteries and light reads for fun too. Lots of sewing, lots of reading, lots of delicious heirloom tomatoes, and a new grandbaby expected in early March. Life is good.