Unravel
Digital Drawing · Femessence Series · Vulva Art for Radical Self Acceptance
A collective journey of radical self acceptance, worth and opportunity to receive adoration. My intention for this series of work is for increased embodiment and spiritual awareness. It’s an opportunity for women to see, appreciate, accept, and approve of themselves, and realise their power and ability to create — magic, life, relationships, art.
Whilst the subject matter has evoked reactions and conversations around culture, gender specific values, experiences and opinions, this is not intended to be political or gendered. More of a self appreciation and acknowledgement of the spiritual and creative power of the feminine essence. Hence — Femessence.
Acknowledging women’s sacred space and building a relationship with our bodies is a process which can bring you back into alignment and understanding. Simply, I believe we are created to create. By acknowledging our creative centres and power as females, this is a step towards creating the life we desire.
The artwork created is not mine — it’s the beauty of others represented on paper. It was a co-creation and I thank and appreciate every one of the participants in this series for their grace, beauty, vulnerability and bravery.
As an arts therapist it’s not about the end piece entirely — it’s about the process of making the art and the beauty of the journey behind the piece. From the photography, to the conversations, to the displaying of the final pieces and emotions that occur, and the gifts that are exchanged after the work is complete. It’s a forever evolving experience — the start of a new intersubjective relationship.
Thank you to all for joining the experience and being a part of the creative process.
Card 10 · Femessence Series · 2026
Unravel
Age 45 · Anglo Australian background · Vaginal birth: Yes



She came to this process wanting to see herself differently. Not to perform confidence she didn’t feel, but to find a way back to her own body — to look at what she had been turning away from and let it be something other than shame.
“I want to feel empowered and beautiful and celebrate being a woman.”
I’ve felt a bit squeamish about my vulva being viewed — like it’s something to hide. I want to see it in a new light and de-stigmatise female anatomy. I want to feel empowered and beautiful and celebrate being a woman.
To her teenage self
Learn to love yourself, and everything else will fall into place.
Unravel is not falling apart. It is the beginning of putting yourself back together on your own terms.
This portrait is part of the Femessence Women’s Celebration Series — a body of work by artist and arts therapist Caris Pepper honouring the sacred feminine through vulva portrait art. Each portrait in this series is becoming a card in the Femessence Vulva Portrait Oracle deck, coming 2027.
