Women of Folklore: Lilith

This past fall I took my Capstone: a class designed to help you develop a body of work meant to help propel you into the life of an artist once you graduate.  I wanted to create a series that examined the cultural expectations of women and how they changed over time.  The series goes in chronological order, starting before the recording of time and ending in the contemporary.  

I want to thank Katherine for being totally awesome and brave for modeling for me.  The series would not have been lost without you.   And thank you to James Chavey, for helping me steal dirt for this shoot.

My series began with Lilith:

Lilith, the first wife of Adam, was created from the same earth by God.  Refusing to be subservient, Lilith was exiled from the Garden of Eden and damned to hell, becoming the first Demon.

In my version of Lilith, Lilith holds a pomegranate- supposedly the original fruit of sin.  She stands atop a mound of a dirt, symbolizing the earth that she was made from.

Lilith, John Colier

I chose Lilith because of how strength I found in her story: She refused to be subservient, and was therefore damned to hell.  It shows the horror that women have faced, in some countries still face today.

When Katherine volunteered to model for me, I could not believe how lucky I was; look at her hair!!  Her hair is nearly to the floor, what more could I have asked for?  She was amazing to work with, and I could not have asked for a better shoot (or afternoon!)

Here are some outtakes from our shoot, because how could I pass up this opportunity!