Women's Work Doesn't Suit Me, 2003
14K gold, stainless steel knitting needles.
Reflecting on rings as symbols of status, this ring indicates, by inhibiting the wearer, that the women wearing it couldn't possibly do any "women's work" at all. Or is she just taking a break from her knitting? Prompting the observer to ask, if women's work doesn't suit her, why is she wearing it?
14K gold, stainless steel knitting needles.
Reflecting on rings as symbols of status, this ring indicates, by inhibiting the wearer, that the women wearing it couldn't possibly do any "women's work" at all. Or is she just taking a break from her knitting? Prompting the observer to ask, if women's work doesn't suit her, why is she wearing it?