Acrylic on vintage porcelain doll arm, wooden frame
25mm high
20mm wide
5.5mm deep
Australian native plants. Porcelain doll arms evoke the idealised purity of childhood—smooth, fragile, and untouched. They carry the nostalgia of play and imagined safety, a time when surfaces remain unmarked. Onto this delicate form, I juxtapose tattoo—an art that has long sat at the edge of society. Across cultures, tattoos have been tied to rebellion, stigma, and exclusion, and they remain restricted or taboo in many public and social spaces. By placing these worlds together—the unblemished porcelain of childhood and the inked language of the marginalised—the work reveals a charged tension, asking how innocence, identity, and judgement are inscribed onto the body.
Please note, this artwork is currently on exhibition at Belconnen Arts Centre and will not be available for pick-up or delivery until the exhibition has closed. Please check the Belco Arts website for exhibition dates.
25mm high
20mm wide
5.5mm deep
Australian native plants. Porcelain doll arms evoke the idealised purity of childhood—smooth, fragile, and untouched. They carry the nostalgia of play and imagined safety, a time when surfaces remain unmarked. Onto this delicate form, I juxtapose tattoo—an art that has long sat at the edge of society. Across cultures, tattoos have been tied to rebellion, stigma, and exclusion, and they remain restricted or taboo in many public and social spaces. By placing these worlds together—the unblemished porcelain of childhood and the inked language of the marginalised—the work reveals a charged tension, asking how innocence, identity, and judgement are inscribed onto the body.
Please note, this artwork is currently on exhibition at Belconnen Arts Centre and will not be available for pick-up or delivery until the exhibition has closed. Please check the Belco Arts website for exhibition dates.