She Votes?

11 in. x 14 in. - wood block carving

Think of a poster with a woman wearing underwear on it, my guess is your first thought probably wasn’t a poster encouraging women to vote. This poster, I hand carved from a wood block and then ran in through a printing press. I was inspired to combine the contrast of posters featuring women from the World War II timeframe. Images like Rosie the Riveter encouraged women to join the work force by using the phrase “We Can Do It!”. Whereas other posters from the same time frame warned men about “loose women”.

This poster encourages women’s rights while also emphasizing their sexuality. Unlike in the poster’s from the 1940s it does not objectify, instead it empowers women and altars old ideas of femininity.

Below is a video of the poster being printed.