Project Description

The Threads of Connection series was inspired by a trove of letters written by my grandfather to my grandmother when he was a young soldier in WW1.

I never met my grandfather, but “re-“realized he was a tailor and I am the only one of later generations to work with my hands and fabrics. By placing his letters “in conversation” with my fabrics (fabric remnants, threads or fabrics/materials I’ve found or used) on this intimate scale, I hope to capture something about the connection of hands, hearts and DNA between us.  We all have lineage stories that run through our lives, whether we are awake to it or not.

This exercise has also generated the question of whether this is a way to “heal backwards in time?”

Mixed media
10″ x 10”

 

$275