SacredVulva.com
- A WORLDWIDE PROJECT -
A Woman
A night I dreamt a woman with her face veiled. While looking at her, she got up the veil and I saw her face.
You say that the Goddess is veiled because her face has to remain hidden from mortal eyes, but if we could see it probably we would find ourselves in front of us.
My name is Gioia. I'm a mother, a daughter, a granddaughter, an artist.
To try to understand the origin of the Violence, I lived two years in Western Sub-Saharian Africa, where I have experimented on myself the Ancient Initiation to the Goddess of the Moon.
The idea of this project came after seeing "The Vagine Monologues" by Eve Ensler. To give the right value to the Vulva I decided to use the ancient art of the sacred icons.
The traditional materials used for icons are derived from the Byzantine technique.
The quantity of rabbit-skin glue depends on the amount of plaster you need for your icon.
The quantity of rabbit-skin glue depends on the amount of plaster you need for your icon.
Rabbit-skin glue is mixed with plaster and hot water.
Rabbit-skin glue is mixed with plaster and hot water.
The plank is prepared with the obtained glue.
The plank is prepared with the obtained glue.
The same glue is used to "draw" on the prepared plank.
The same glue is used to "draw" on the prepared plank.
Once the drawing has been completed, it must be dried.
Once the drawing has been completed, it must be dried.
Then it must be finished with sandpaper.
Then it must be finished with sandpaper.
The Armenian bolus is prepared.
The Armenian bolus is prepared.
The bolus is deposed on the drawn plank.
The bolus is deposed on the drawn plank.
The gold and silver foils must be prepared in little stripes.
The gold and silver foils must be prepared in little stripes.
The stripes can now be laid on.
The stripes can now be laid on.
The gold foils have been laid on.
The gold foils have been laid on.