Koshi Nage

Jesmonite, MDF, ceramic tiles, grout and aluminium.

“Koshi Nage” is inspired by suffragist Edith Garrud’s use of jujitsu in teaching women self defence. Garrud (1872-1971) played a central role in training the WSPU’s Bodyguard Unit, known popularly in the press as the “Suffrajitsu” 

The work’s colour-pallet is derived from the colours used in UK Suffragette movement’s insignia - purple, white and green.  The blocky architectural fragments are redolent of the bricks suffragettes carried in their handbags and used to smash windows as part of their protests.