Love Potion 2022

Love Potion — Celia de Villiers
Love Potion — Mixed textiles and embroidery threads · 25 × 25 cm (three-dimensional)

Ancient folklore recommended sewing a mixture of crushed vervain, southernwood and orris-root into a green silk bag on a Friday; pinning the bag to one’s undergarments, next to the skin, would secure one’s love. The work is an extension of de Villiers’ research into belief systems, amulets, fetishes and good-luck charms. Shown in Major Minors II.

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