Exodus

A pen and ink drawing on watercolour paper - a drawing concerning ideas of nocturnal flying, the domestic, having to flee a situation without much to hold onto, vulnerability, the human form, chaos, escape and hope. I wanted to look at ideas around the materiality of a domestic object like a rug as both potential magical items(the flying carpet) and everyday items(rug/ doormat) and the connotations in relation to women/ women’s work that holds. There are also female deities with symbolism in the work like harpies, sirens and goddesses of flight