{"id":7654,"date":"2017-03-01T14:51:42","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T22:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gailwilliamsart.com\/?page_id=7654"},"modified":"2021-03-29T14:50:58","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T21:50:58","slug":"womens-blood-altar-1996","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gailwilliamsart.com\/?page_id=7654","title":{"rendered":"Power of Women’s Blood 1996"},"content":{"rendered":"

Making Art for the Spirit<\/h2>\n

Altar to the Power of Women’s Blood<\/h1>\n

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Altar Installation at the Lab Gallery, San Francisco, 1996<\/h2>\n

Above: Detail of upper level of the altar showing The Power of Women’s Blood<\/em> mixed media and clay sculpture
\nBelow: Detail showing the base of the altar
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\nDetail showing all three levels of the altar
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\nViewers were invited to make pouches with materials at the base of the altar: velvet cloth, gold thread, rosebuds.
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\nMixed Media: red, gold and pink sheer cloth, dark red velvet cloth, gold brushed rayon, The Power of Women’s Blood<\/em>\u2014a pit fired clay sculpture, Persephone’s Bowl<\/em>\u2014a pit fired clay bowl, Women’s Blood<\/em> painting (menstrual blood on Arches Cover 13″X13″), rosebuds, gold thread, red garnets, brown-speckled cowrie shell, red-handled scissors; brass bell, money cowries, glass bowl filled with water, lit candle. \u00a9 1996, 2017<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Making Art for the Spirit Altar to the Power of Women’s Blood Altar Installation at the Lab Gallery, San Francisco, 1996 Above: Detail of upper level of the altar showing The Power of Women’s Blood mixed media and clay sculpture Below: Detail showing the base of the altar __ __ Detail showing all three levels […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":5117,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/fullwidth.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gailwilliamsart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7654"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gailwilliamsart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gailwilliamsart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gailwilliamsart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gailwilliamsart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7654"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.gailwilliamsart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15230,"href":"https:\/\/www.gailwilliamsart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7654\/revisions\/15230"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gailwilliamsart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gailwilliamsart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}