KATRINA MAJKUT

The Abortion is Normal kit attempts to normalize a very common, but misunderstood, procedure – abortion. This kit was made in reflection of the many anti-abortion efforts in the past 10 years from the personhood amendment to six-week abortion bans. The kit is even more important with the overturn of Roe v. Wade. The kit offers insight to how common the practice is throughout history and how its natural place in human decision-making began in nature with herbal remedies.

ABOUT THE KIT PROJECT:

The Stitch n' Bitch DIY Embroidery Card Kit is a chance for embroiderers and concerned citizens to stab out stereotypes with humor and needle art when it comes to the treatment of minority demographics today. Katrina Majkut’s cross-stitch kit and those made with her collaborators attempt to insert feminism, humor and politics into contemporary mass-produced kits that continue to reassert cross-stitch as a passive, stereotypically gendered and conservative domestic craft. The kit also offers a wry narrative throughout the instructions outlining the challenges people face today. As a limited edition, the kit can be created or kept as a work of fine art.

Kit Includes: Aida Cloth, needle, DMC floss, sassy instructions (English and Spanish), a business card, all inside an archival plastic sleeve.

Not Included in Kit: A personal sense of humor or political and personal outrage; scissors or embroidery hoop.

Limited Edition of 50. Signed by Artist(s).