A series of four embroidered pieces on vintage linen and lace, making reference to the close and contradictory bond that women have with their wombs. They were created for the Bodyform / Libresse #wombstories campaign, which detailed real people’s experiences of menstruation, fertility, loss and menopause.

The twofold discomfort and bliss unique to women was described by the thirteenth-century Persian poet Rumi: ‘Every midwife knows that not until a mother’s womb softens from the pain of labour will a way unfold, and the infant find that opening to be born.’