JANE GLENNIE
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Embrocation (1 to 5)

2011. Paper and fabric, stitching.

​This series was created in response to the eclectic collection of Slough Museum, a typical small town museum with artefacts from a mammoth tooth fossil to a WWII dress made from an old parachute. I was drawn to the display about Elliman’s Embrocation, a medicine originally formulated and manufactured in Slough. It was manufactured identically for both humans and animals but marketed and sold in different packaging. And though it appears like a patent medicine that we assume would be of no use, it is still in production today. I found a copy of the Elliman’s sponsored first aid book ‘REP’ (first published 1902) and some original advertising from Victorian magazines (1896 and 1897) on E-bay and used these to make a series of pieces that draw attention to the way in which Elliman’s was marketed: from the man who falls off his bike when shocked by a woman wearing bloomers, to the crazy sport of horse fencing, to the blatant sponsorship of a first aid book that also gives a highly dubious proof that Elliman’s is not poisonous if ingested.

Part of 'Whatever Floats Your Boat' at Slough Museum. A project devised and curated by Sandy Snowden and Jane Glennie with the Thames Valley Contemporary Textiles group.

​The project was granted the prestigious London 2012 Inspire Mark, the badge of the London 2012 Inspire programme which recognises exceptional and innovative projects inspired by the 2012 Olympic Games.
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