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Media:	installation with drawings on paper conté, found objects (laundry line, clothes pegs, laundry line separators)
Size:	each drawing: 22 x 30 inches/ 56 x 76 cm [5 portrait, 2 landscape] total size (approximate): 5 x 15 ft/1.5 x 4.5 m

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The catalyst for making Enough Rope... was an overheard comment  about the type of women who shop at large chain stores known for their discounted prices.  Precisely the comment was:  Oh she looks like a (name of chain store) housewife...this comment was intended to be shorthand for the 'look' and carried implications about the character; the markers being: practical attire; weight tending to be disproportionate in the hip and thigh area; the implications being: substandard; not well educated, and so on.  The installation was also inspired  by the appearance of a neighbour,  a carpet installer of 20 years experience -- how his work had affected his gait; his posture; the look of his knees; the language of his body. And lastly the piece was inspired by a butcher at a local delicatessen -- specifically, how the years of handling raw and refrigerated meats had permanently altered the look of his hands.  A glance seemed to provoke assessment based on disinterested observation and inference which have little to do with substance or the many dimensions contributing to identity. As a result I've become increasingly interested in how work and circumstance etch themselves onto the body; how we evaluate and are evaluated by these appearance contributing factors.