Amaterasu: The Sun Goddess
Inspired by the Japanese Sun Goddess who ran away after being sexually assaulted- taking sunlight away from the land and causing death of the crops and threatening the lives of the people.
Until the goddess Ama-no-Uzume takes issued into her own hands, flashing her vulva at a crowd. The crowd's joyful laughter drew Amaterasu out and seeing the brazen Goddesses display she too smiles and light is brought back to the land.
• Hung from a 19" soldered antique brass chain
• Pendant measures 1.4" x 1"
The model for this piece is Leonna
Because women don’t normally have a visual reference for what is normal ‘down there’. We can’t even see what we have! When we do have a visual reference it generally comes from porn in which women are chosen based on the shape of their Vulvas and are bleached, dyed, shaved and surgically altered. Porn Vulvas are like Chimeras, they do not exist in the natural world.
We use real models to show women that no matter the shape every woman is beautiful. We use real models to show women there is no standard Vulva: they are all different and perfect as is. Bleaching is NOT required.
