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My work was exhibited as part of Continuum: Framing Trans Lives in 21st Century Britain at the People’s History Museum, Manchester

‘Hearty’ is Emma Frankland’s exploration into the effects of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) on her changing body. Frankland draws parallels between her experience of gender transition and other women’s experiences of HRT around menopause.

‘I explore attitudes to the menopause and the use and development of HRT (hormone replacement therapy) drugs which are perhaps connected to the eradication of the crone from our society as well as the liberation of my body as a transgender woman’

The results, represented by a collection of ceramic vessels, made with clay and oestrogen, highlight the rituals around change, growth, ageing and transformation.