carved Gosford sandstone (commenced 1990)
The girl looks up with an expression of euphoria from the enjoyment of skipping. Girl Skipping is one of my ‘cinderebel’ sculptures where I reverse the clichés associated with Cinderella, who is considered the ideal female with tiny feet and temperament of servitude. The ‘cinderebel’ sculptures have enormous feet and large hands. They struggle to release themselves from the stone with outward movements, looking upward positively, in contrast to the way females are usually depicted in positions of submission with head down and limbs tucked in (if they are lucky enough to be given limbs).
The basic shape of Girl Skipping is a gyroscope formed the horizontal circle at the edge of the skirt and the vertical circle made by the rope as she skips.
