Floating memory *
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Floating Memory uses hand stitching asa metaphor of time,which binds together pieces of myfamily’s history.Through painstaking hand stitching, each unique, delicatehandkerchiefis connected to the next, creatinga mapof memory. The new seams joining each of the 40 aged, delicate handkerchiefs mirror their detailed embroidered edging, which were hand sewn by my grandmother. Naturalholes in the fabric from the wear of timeserve as metaphors for memory and the littlescars accumulated over a lifetime.Billowing in the soft breeze like a floating wave, the handkerchief tapestry symbolizesthe fragile and ephemeral existence of memory.”
