• News
  • About
  • Performance
    • The Festival of Curves, Slopes and Detours (2018)
    • Facing (2012)
    • MKVH [Milton Keynes Vertical Horizontal] (2006)
    • The Volcano Lady (2004)
    • The Daily Hayley (2001)
    • Connotations Performance Images 1994-1998 (1998)
    • Ecomiss (1994)
  • Sound & music
    • MiniFlux (2005)
    • Wrapping (2000)
    • Hook and Eye (1998)
    • Crystalline I, II and III (1997)
    • Shot in the Dark (1996)
    • Tour (1995)
    • Record (1994)
  • Writing
    • Bastards (2019)
    • A to B in MK (2018)
    • Elfie und Eleonore (2013)
    • Common (2013)
    • The Smelly Hillock, 2010
    • MKVH [The Screenplay] (2007)
  • Textiles & works on paper
    • Tongue-tied (2019)
    • Histoire Economique (2011-14)
    • Domestique (2010-13)
  • Collaborations
    • HAND (2018-2020)
    • Crisis Cabaret (2013)
    • Cafe Carbon by The Gluts (2009)
    • Bankspeak (2009)
    • A Secret Sculpture (2006-7)
  • Covid
    • About this section
    • Pillows and Lungs (2020)
    • 2020
    • loss and anger, anger and loss (2020)
    • Legs (2020)
    • Wobbly lines for very difficult times (2020)
    • Keeping Track... (2020- )
    • Untitled (2021)
    • Slow (2021)
    • Switch (2021)
    • Letters + Envelopes (2021-2)
    • LifeLines (envelopes), 2021- 

Hayley Newman

Artist, performer, writer, teacher

  • News
  • About
  • Performance
    • The Festival of Curves, Slopes and Detours (2018)
    • Facing (2012)
    • MKVH [Milton Keynes Vertical Horizontal] (2006)
    • The Volcano Lady (2004)
    • The Daily Hayley (2001)
    • Connotations Performance Images 1994-1998 (1998)
    • Ecomiss (1994)
  • Sound & music
    • MiniFlux (2005)
    • Wrapping (2000)
    • Hook and Eye (1998)
    • Crystalline I, II and III (1997)
    • Shot in the Dark (1996)
    • Tour (1995)
    • Record (1994)
  • Writing
    • Bastards (2019)
    • A to B in MK (2018)
    • Elfie und Eleonore (2013)
    • Common (2013)
    • The Smelly Hillock, 2010
    • MKVH [The Screenplay] (2007)
  • Textiles & works on paper
    • Tongue-tied (2019)
    • Histoire Economique (2011-14)
    • Domestique (2010-13)
  • Collaborations
    • HAND (2018-2020)
    • Crisis Cabaret (2013)
    • Cafe Carbon by The Gluts (2009)
    • Bankspeak (2009)
    • A Secret Sculpture (2006-7)
  • Covid
    • About this section
    • Pillows and Lungs (2020)
    • 2020
    • loss and anger, anger and loss (2020)
    • Legs (2020)
    • Wobbly lines for very difficult times (2020)
    • Keeping Track... (2020- )
    • Untitled (2021)
    • Slow (2021)
    • Switch (2021)
    • Letters + Envelopes (2021-2)
    • LifeLines (envelopes), 2021- 

Domestique (2010-13)

Domestique is a series of over 70 used dishcloths and towels with faces sewn on them. 

Related work: some dishcloths from this series appear in the performance Facing, 2012.

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All works copyright Hayley Newman and their respective authors, 2025