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"Shrouds"
Handwoven cotton with painted images. Commercial silk gauze panel with sewn pockets containing charms. (porcelain by Rosemary Molesworth) 

Many cultures buried prized possessions with their dead to comfort them in the afterlife. Coins were put into pockets to appease gods and spirits; symbolic charms or dolls expressed the deceased’s life. My shrouds? well, the observer can surmise what these objects mean to my life.

 Clichés such as “you can’t take it with you” or “shrouds don’t have pockets” were the inspiration for this piece. The image imprinted on the cloth is that of the artist (wrapped in plastic, then covered in textile paint, the cloth was then lowered onto the body then rolled with a clean roller) the other images were silk screened onto the cloth. 

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SHROUD #1 FRONT VIEW  .......................SHROUD #2 SIDE VIEW