BOSOMS, 2017-2018

BOSOM: Not just a woman's chest, but part of a woman's dress covering the chest - 'a space between a person's clothing and chest used for carrying things'. Literary uses of bosom reference loving care and protection, as well as the bosom being the seat of emotions. This first Bosom Bowl is both a vessel that holds my emotions as a female artist today and the metal suggests that it protects and strengthens my ability to access and express those emotions through my art. Symbolic of strength, solidarity and the literal and figurative armor that women wear every single day.