Fated
Fated is a series of sculptures that considers the significance of the Mythological Fates.
The Fates were powerful women who determined the destiny of each human, deciding when life was to begin and end. The Fates are present in many polytheistic traditions: Greek, Roman, Norse, Old English, Celtic, Lithuanian and the Hittites. In many narratives they are three sisters, and textile metaphors are often utilized: spinning yarn, weaving, cutting the thread. The works explore these goddesses, and questions the ways in which belief in them was eradicated.
The Fates were powerful women who determined the destiny of each human, deciding when life was to begin and end. The Fates are present in many polytheistic traditions: Greek, Roman, Norse, Old English, Celtic, Lithuanian and the Hittites. In many narratives they are three sisters, and textile metaphors are often utilized: spinning yarn, weaving, cutting the thread. The works explore these goddesses, and questions the ways in which belief in them was eradicated.
