Hands

Hands hold a place of significance in lesbian and sapphic culture. Used to caress, to please, to hold, and to build, hands maintain a duality of softness and erotics unique to this community. Holding hands becomes a revolutionary act when the hands are not heterosexual, cisgender, or white. An obsession with hands is represented over and over in lesbian visual art, films, and literature.

This series of work builds on this significance, and inherently draws attention to fiber art as a traditional, gendered handicraft.

Most of the following pieces are based on my own hands.