Art Info

Word Search: Can One Ever Be A Good Mother And A Great Artist?,
Jenifer Corker, 2011

Materials: Wooden embroidery frame, wooden paint brush handle, pierced hand-made paper.

Dimensions: 16.5 x 9 x 0.7 inches, 42 x 23 x 2 cm.

Unique Commission-piece.

Jewellery designer Jenifer Corker’s embroidered fire-screens reference a long forgotten feminine past-time which interwove intricate craft and social intrigue. That of the hand-held fire screen, whose function was to protect ladies' complexions from the blush of the fire or the gaze of a stranger while they gossiped about the latest scandals of court. As a means both to conceal the truth and resist the voyeur, these adorned shields are literal and figurative smoke screens.

£750