Detail of "The Discarded" 2022. Kiln-cast glass, found objects, cast plaster.
"The Discarded", 2022. This piece focuses on a found box of discarded sewing supplies and is related to, but separate from, the installation "The Sewing Box" 2021. This work focuses more closely on the box and its contents itself.
"I found the box in a vintage store and the box held a collection of sewing paraphernalia: wooden spools that had been rewrapped with the ends of frugally saved threads, buttons, and needles. The items reminded me of time I spent sewing with my mother, of her tins of buttons, remembering the outfits they had once belonged to, and the reasons for keeping all of the mismatched ones; a small object like a button can hold a lifetime of memories. I felt a sense of responsibility for this archive, and towards the owner’s perseverance to saving and domestic labour. Using the quiet and repetitive rhythm of mending I began to iterate the elements in the box: repeating, reorganizing, re-materializing and reimagining all of the forgotten memories that were left behind and held within it"
"I found the box in a vintage store and the box held a collection of sewing paraphernalia: wooden spools that had been rewrapped with the ends of frugally saved threads, buttons, and needles. The items reminded me of time I spent sewing with my mother, of her tins of buttons, remembering the outfits they had once belonged to, and the reasons for keeping all of the mismatched ones; a small object like a button can hold a lifetime of memories. I felt a sense of responsibility for this archive, and towards the owner’s perseverance to saving and domestic labour. Using the quiet and repetitive rhythm of mending I began to iterate the elements in the box: repeating, reorganizing, re-materializing and reimagining all of the forgotten memories that were left behind and held within it"
