Casting Off My Womb by Casey Jenkins Places Yarn in Private Parts
Meghan Young — December 3, 2013 — Naughty
References: craftcartel & beautifuldecay
Casting Off My Womb is a provocative performance art piece that will have people reacting in a variety of ways. What has been dubbed by Aussie TV as 'vaginal knitting' is basically just that. The artist, Casey Jenkins, a self-described “craftivist” who founded Craft Cartel, placed a skein of wool in her vagina that she used to continuously knit for 28 days (the average length of a menstrual cycle).
Executed even during her menstruation period, Casting Off My Womb hopes to change the perspective revolving around the vulva. As written on Beautiful Decay, "[S]he enjoys that her performance associates the vulva – something that can be found offensive or vulgar or invoke a level of fear – with the comfort and warmth that knitting provides and evokes."
Executed even during her menstruation period, Casting Off My Womb hopes to change the perspective revolving around the vulva. As written on Beautiful Decay, "[S]he enjoys that her performance associates the vulva – something that can be found offensive or vulgar or invoke a level of fear – with the comfort and warmth that knitting provides and evokes."
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