The Rotting Pom

Yarn and Plastic Bags

This is my piece created using the myth of Persephone and the eating of the fateful pomegranate as a base. The "pom" is hand crocheted, an inspiration from the Greek myth of the Fates controlling life using thread and scissors. The softness of the yarn is meant to be reminiscent of the softness of rotting fruit. The color is a direct response to the color of rotting fruit. The use of plastic bags is a reference to death. Plastic is hardly biodegradable, and after something dies (animals, people, food) it is wrapped in plastic and shoved away.