Project Description

I never met my grandfather, but he was a tailor and I am the only one of later generations to work with my hands and fabrics. By placing his letters written as a young soldier during WW1 “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.  Like a “hand lineage”.

We all are in conversation with our past and have lineage stories that run through our lives, whether we are actively conscious of it or not. So creating this series has generated the question of whether this is a way to “heal backwards in time?”

Mixed media
10″ x 10″

 

$295