Ladies Parts
Three comments about my work this week:
1) Comment on the Wallbreakers websitehttp://thewallbreakers.com/ruth-geldard-to-skirt-i-ii-iii-wall-hang-sculptures/ about a piece of my work called, To Skirt by someone called Enzone Scavone, and I quote in full, “VAJAY-JAY! There, I said it… Now I’m embarrassed.”
2) Old (younger, cooler) male friend in the pub, “I’ve been looking at your website, I love your work-it’s filthy-but I love it.”
3) Man (who bought our car) stands looking intently at To Fold, scratches his head and says, “Am I right in thinking they [the folds] are meant to be ladies parts
I fully accept that those connotations can and will be drawn but however hard it is to believe, that is never my starting point. I make and think-and-make-and-think and that is what comes out.
