I have always been fascinated with images of 'working hands', particularly in the domestic context. The work I sent to Orah in August 2008 was an image of a hand assembling a cake. There is something about a busy, creative hand at work. It is very spiritual, yet real. That combination fascinates me. My mother has great hands. Always clever and busy. Louise Bourgeois' has great hands too. So does Picasso. I stitched over the hands assembling the cake. I wanted my hands to be doing something busy too. |