The End of my Cultivating Days

The End of my Cultivating Days.

Noticing suddenly, I was losing a significant quantity of hair, I started collecting it. This hair loss was an unexpected signifier of the imbalance of hormones as I launched headlong into menopause. Greying hair in relation to ageing is talked about, but not hair loss or changes in texture – my hair used to be straightish, now it’s quite curly.

I felted in these hair losses into small, elongated ellipses reflecting the sometimes small and sometimes large amounts falling out. I mused on the golden colour of my teenage hair and explored the hair as a site for artwork, dyeing my hair bright colours. This hairnet acknowledges the end of my cultivating days, the ability to cultivate a new human.