Amanda Hall
The Change
The menopause had a profound effect on my life, prompting an unexpected career change from health and social care to art. During this period, I created a body of work exploring the menopause as a way to document the experience and mark its transformative significance.
Named after the Honesty plant,(Lunaria annua), this piece of work is constructed from used HRT patches.
Historically used in traditional herbal medicine, Lunaria holds a place in witchcraft and folklore as a protective charm believed to ward off monsters and unwanted spirits.
Relief
The Time of her Life IV: House of Smalls Gallery, Edinburgh
The Menopause Quilt brings together textiles rich
with personal memory.
Each swatch of fabric carries connection to a
person or place, weaving together a tangible map
of my journey through the "menopause years."
