Meno Mirror is a deeply personal mixed media artwork exploring the confusion, frustration, humour, strength and transformation of the menopausal experience.

The piece began with a large mirror, chosen deliberately for its symbolism. Menopause can alter the way we see ourselves — physically, emotionally and mentally, and the mirror became a way of asking: Who am I now? What do I see when I look at myself? And how do I learn to recognise my own strength again?

Across the surface, I added words connected to menopause: the symptoms, the struggles, the brain fog, the emotional shifts, the exhaustion, the loss of confidence, and the moments of feeling fragmented. The mirror was then varnished with a mat spray varnish to give the effect of the words being hidden in the fog. I then painted a gold glue across the surface using the spirit of kintsugi - without physically breaking the glass - the Japanese art of honouring cracks rather than disguising them, to represent the feeling of being split apart by an experience that is often misunderstood, minimised, or hidden.

Gold detail, pink elements, text and embellishment were added back into the piece, turning damage into decoration and fragmentation into strength. At the heart of the work is the affirmation: “I am a beautiful resilient woman and I am enough.”

For me, Meno Mirror is not simply about menopause as a medical stage of life. It is about visibility. It is about the millions of women who have felt unheard, dismissed, confused, angry, exhausted, or unlike themselves, while still carrying on. It is about the power of naming what is happening, reclaiming the reflection, and recognising that change does not make us less.

The mirror becomes a symbol of survival. Each sudo crack, word and repaired edge speaks of a woman who has been altered by experience, but not diminished by it.

Meno Mirror stands as a declaration of resilience, self-acceptance and female strength - a reminder that even when we feel shattered, we are still whole, still powerful, and still enough.