‘Grateful I’m not American’

By Klaire White 2025

Socially Engaged Practice
Mixed Media
Sculpture
Personal Narratives & Identity
Social & Political
Global Perspectives & Multiculturalism
Craft
Embodiment
Materiality
Sculpture
Phenomenology
Recycled Materials
Stitched Textile
Body

Dimensions
12cms depth x 16cms length x 14cms wide

‘Grateful I’m not American’

Mini sculpture created from foam packaging and hard to recycle plastic waste. Free-machine embroidered and hand stitched. 2025

Measurements: 12cms depth x 16cms length x 14cms wide.
Inside the foam packaging is a circular void and an embroidered image of an embryo sits. There are various stitches crossing over and messages stitched around the art work.
Text on piece:
State owned
Government property
Imprisoned after miscarriage
Accused of illegal abortion
Judged unfit mother
Forced adoption - Silenced, Shamed
Inside the hand print- my body, your choice