Stretching boundaries - detail

Showing part of the story of the Suffragettes.

I have gathered silk quite roughly to show that fabric can be strong when it is stitched together, just as the women gained strength from organising themselves into groups. Some of the costumes of the era show them wearing gathered and smocked blouses.

I have edged it with machine embroidery and then printed the words using a home made stamp . The added details are three pieces of enamelling and also some hand made barbed wire.

Done