Born of a Woman is a sculptural furniture project that examines femininity, power, and gendered experience within systems historically shaped by men. Grounded in feminist discourse and informed by both institutional research and lived experience, the work responds to the persistent imbalance between the number of women entering creative education and those represented, collected, and supported within the art world.

Developed through questionnaires and observation, the project draws on a broad spectrum of perspectives on womanhood — from softness and care to frustration, humour, resilience, and contradiction. These insights are translated into anthropomorphic chairs constructed from scavenged materials found in Brighton, allowing discarded personal objects to inform each piece’s character. Through exaggeration, ornament, and satire, the chairs embody gendered stereotypes while simultaneously subverting them, using humour as a means of critique and access.

By repurposing overlooked materials and domestic forms, Walton positions furniture as both body and voice, inviting viewers to confront how gender is projected, consumed, and controlled. Born of a Woman sits between sculpture and design, employing playfulness to address serious structural inequities, and proposing feminist making as a means of visibility, agency, and reclamation within everyday space.