Total Numpty

Part of series of works made as an intervention in response to artefacts housed in the Christ's Hospital School museum, during a two year residency. The original offenders were made to embroider punishment bands of linen with the crime they had committed, which they then had to wear. It is uncertain as to whether the bands were worn on the head or the arm. Using contemporary 'Housey' slang, new versions of the punishment bands have been added to the collection. (Original Punishment Bands c.1830s. )