Made in Roath

The banner was inspired by the dazzle ships of the First World War. Their geometric patterns confused and disrupted the enemy’s ability to fire on target. This banner is the antithesis of camouflage: hi-vis cloth combines with leatherette (sham leather), a material celebration of the Suffragettes’ adoption of the sneering moniker first used by the Daily Mail to imply the activists were ‘sham Suffragists’.

Structured sculpturally to reflect the prow of a ship, the banner is accessorised with homemade cardboard armour as a nod to that worn by Suffragettes under their dresses. The partially camouflaged slogan responds to Wales’ feminist heritage. Gently subverting the national anthem of Wales, ‘Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau’ (Old Land of My Fathers), this text reads, ‘Hen Wlad Fy Mama’ (Old Land of My Mothers).