Context:
and
 my
 work
 is
 part
 of
 
a
 selection
 of
 12
 international
 
artists
 all
 
looking
 at
 the
 
various
 aspect
s
 of
 our
 
bodies
’
 relationship
 to
 the
 micro
bes
 on
 and
 around
 
us
.
 I
 was
 partner
ed
 with
 
a
 
leading
 microbi
ologist
,
 
UCL
’
s
 Professor
 Mike
 Wilson
,
 who
 
advise
d
 me
 on
 the
 micro
bes
 that
 live
 on
 the
 surface
 of
 our
 
bodies
.
 My
 work
 is
 
a
 life
-
sized
 
e
mbroidery
 de
pict
ing
 the
 
landscape
,
 through
 
stitch
ed
 
contour
 
lines
,
 of
 the
 surface
 of
 
a
 
pregnant
 woman
.
 Colon
ising
 this
 area
 were
 
thousand
s
 and
 
thousand
s
 of
 hand
 
e
mbroidered
 French
 
knot
s
 
which
 represent
 the
 tr
illion
s
 of
 
diverse
 micro
bes
 
which
 call
 our
 
bodies
 home
.
 Professor
 Wilson
 
advise
d
 me
 on
 the
 different
 
types
 of
 micro
bes
,
 
where
 the
y
 like
 to
 congrega
te
,
 and
 the
 
amount
 present
 in
 
certain
 
areas
.
 Arm
ed
 with
 this
 information
 I
 then
 
created
 
a
 sort
 of
 colour
 
coded
 map
 
which
 
shows
 the
 colour
ful
 
diversity
 of
 the
 micro
bes
 
essential
 to
 our
 good
 health
.
 The
 piece
 hope
s
 to
 communicat
e
 that
 micro
bes
 are
 not
 just
 germ
s
,
 ble
mish
es
 on
 our
 skin
,
 but
 ra
ther
 em
bel
lishment
s
!
 Dur
ing
 the
 process
 of
 
stitch
ing
 
these
 
knot
s
,
 
which
 
took
 se
veral
 months
,
 I
 
applied
 and
 
successful
ly
 receive
d
 Arts
 Council
 
funding
 to
 tour
 the
 work
 in
 progress
 and
 share
 the
 information
 
behind
 the
 piece
 with
 interest
ed
 
parties
 
whil
st
 I
 sat
 and
 
stitch
ed
.
 The
 interest
 in
 this
 part
 of
 the
 project
 was
 great
 and
 result
ed
 in
 
being
 interview
ed
 by
 the
 BBC
 World
 Service
,
 and
 I
 was
 also
 part
 of
 
a
 documentar
y
 that
 air
ed
 
worldwide
 to
 an
 
e
stimated
 
audience
 of
 6
 million
 
viewer
s
.
 
Since
 this
 clip
 b
ecame
 available
 online
 I
 have
 had
 
further
 en
quiri
es
 for
 other
 commission
s
.
 The
 only
 thing
 I
 
would
 have
 like
d
 to
 have
 done
 different
ly
 is
 to
 access
 more
 facilities
 and
 
opportunities
 available
 to
 me
 
during
 my
 time
 there
.
 As
 my
 time
 was
 so
 const
rained
 
looking
 after
 my
 children
,
 I
 
could
 only
 focus
 on
 the
 
immediate
 work
 at
 hand
.
 So
 I
 miss
ed
 on
 some
 great
 
workshops
 and
 things
 like
 life
 
drawing
 
classes
.
 So
 if
 I
 was
 at
 university
 again
,
 I
’
d
 like
 more
 time
 to
 make
 use
 of
 everything
!
 Hard
 work
!
 This
 is
n
’
t
 just
 
a
 turn
 up
 and
 get
 paid
 job
.
 You
 have
Input:
 and
 so
 
a
 lot
 more
 
manipulation
 is
 made
 to
 obscur
e
 them
.
 “
Once
 this
 was
 complete
 I
 
printed
 off
 the
 whole
 life
-
size
 image
 on
 many
 
pieces
 of
 A
4
 paper
.
 Us
ing
 the
 technique
 I
 learn
ed
 through
 
a
 master
class
 with
 Alice
 Kett
le
 I
 
would
 work
 from
 the
 
rear
 of
 the
 piece
,
 wind
ing
 
e
mbroidery
 thread
 into
 the
 machine
’
s
 bo
bbin
.
 This
 
allowed
 me
 to
 follow
 my
 
printed
 template
 
which
 was
 much
 hard
er
 than
 it
 
sounds
,
 and
 required
 
lots
 of
 
editing
,
 tid
ying
 up
 etc
 after
wards
.
 “
Mo
ving
 on
 from
 this
 stage
 
Rebecca
 is
 current
ly
 hand
 
embro
id
ering
 many
 
thousand
s
 of
 French
 
knot
s
.
 For
 
which
 she
 
wanted
 the
 ‘
terrain
’
 of
 the
 body
 to
 have
 
a
 beautiful
 and
 se
ductive
 surface
 of
 ‘
colon
ies
’
 occup
ying
 the
 ‘
landscape
’
.
 
They
 represent
 the
 microbi
al
 
communities
 that
 our
 
bodies
 are
 
covered
 in
 and
 are
 part
 of
.
 
They
 are
 bright
 and
 ta
ctile
,
 and
 so
,
 
enable
 the
 
viewer
 to
 engage
 with
 the
 positive
 aspect
s
 of
 our
 microbi
al
 coloni
es
.
 All
 too
 
often
 the
 focus
 is
 place
d
 on
 the
 micro
bes
 that
 harm
 
us
.
 Our
 
bodies
 are
 not
 ble
m
ished
 by
 the
 micro
bes
,
 but
 like
 what
 the
 artist
 is
 do
ing
 with
 the
 
embro
ide
ries
,
 the
y
 are
 em
bel
lishment
s
,
 
a
 way
 to
 
seeing
 the
 positive
 side
 of
 the
 micro
bes
 we
 share
 our
 
existence
 with
,
 and
 more
 so
,
 
owe
 our
 
existence
 to
.
 “
Rebecca
 is
 due
 to
 spend
 many
 more
 hours
 to
 complete
 this
 piece
,
 and
 as
 she
 has
 
become
 ra
ther
 experience
d
 at
 creat
ing
 French
 
knot
s
 and
 as
 the
 majorit
y
 of
 the
 work
 
does
 not
 require
 
a
 great
 deal
 of
 
concentration
 she
 want
s
 to
 get
 share
 this
 process
 with
 others
.
 The
 artist
 has
 
t
herefore
 decide
d
 to
 go
 out
 into
 the
 community
 to
 sit
 and
 se
w
,
 and
 allow
 interest
ed
 
parties
 to
 then
 come
 and
 en
quire
 about
 the
 ideas
 and
 science
 
behind
 the
 work
.
 “
I
 am
 
very
 interest
ed
 in
 
breaking
 down
 that
 wall
 
between
 artist
 and
 
viewer
 and
 not
 le
aving
 the
 work
 to
 the
 grand
 
reveal
”.
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