Craft Cows - Triptych

8.5” x 11” (3x)

Yarn, Beads, Magazine clippings on paper

2021

Three identical patterned cows are manufactured with varied materials, yarn, beads, and magazine clippings. The materials are those of mass-produced craft industry, they are bought for others to manipulate and create with. This manipulation is similar to the use of steroids, artificial insemination and breeding used in the dairy industry. The world has altered the scientific makeup and natural birth of cows to make more products for us. These materials such as beads and yarn can create a piece of work that is defined as perfect in our human eyes, this is exactly what we are doing to cattle as well.