Recatadas, 2024
“Bela, recatada e do lar” is a phrase used in Brazil that intends to reinforce and instill ‘traditional family values”. As a linguistic patriarchal strategy, it co-opts women to adjust to certain domestic expectations, those that are most likely described as “lovely, demure and homemaker”. The series “recatada” uses basic patterns for embroidery training and a bases for panting and stitching outside the guided lines.