Horror Vacuii

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Artist: Joanna Rogers

Title: Horror Vacuii

Attribution: Horror Vacuii. 2023. Joanna Rogers

Year: 2023

Materials: Buttons hand sewn onto felt

Dimensions: 72" x 36"

Image Statement: This piece is styled after a medieval cope. It tells the stories of our mothers' and grandmothers' button boxes, of the button making industry in Birmingham, England (where my parents grew up), and of the way the invention of clothing revolutionized clothing. The design was inspired both by microscopic images of viruses and by images of far away galaxies. The title alludes to the lack of empty space in medieval tapestries where every little gap was filled by flowers.