Showing posts with label warding off evil. Show all posts
Showing posts with label warding off evil. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Sheela Na Gig Embroidery



Some churches in the British Isles are decorated with Sheela-na-gigs, stone carvings of old women with exaggerated genitalia. It is theorized that these were symbols for warding off evil. I am making a Sheela-na-gig embroidery. It will probably be a pillow. I'm embellishing around it with a floral motif, sort of kalocsa or Hungarian folk embroidery inspired.