Family Heirloom I, 2021, handmade wooden frame loom with nails, crochet poly-cotton fabric, handwoven family clothing, vinyl tiles, 10’ x 8’
This rug was conceived during the summer of 2018. The hands of my mother, and her best friends daughter and granddaughter, had a part in its construction. These hands followed my mothers recovered knowledge of crocheting.
Photos by Frances Tyska
Our Fringes Series, family clothing scraps laminated inside of handmade abaca sheets, 40” x 32”
Family Heirloom II, 2022, Crochet clothing from family & friends, 9’ x 4’
This rug is made in collaboration with my Mom. After moving into our new apartment, we began to compile clothing we no longer associated with. The process of cutting up an article of clothing and stretching it into a long hand knotted strip takes away the personal connection of it once being our clothes. The colors in the rug are not just a visual aesthetic, but a direct way to camouflage past versions of ourselves. The clothing started to take on formal associations to color symbolism.
Photos by Nancy Paredes
Remnants from Heirloom Series, 2022, Clothing scraps & colored pencil shavings laminated inside of handmade abaca sheets of paper, 80” x 80”
Family Vortex, 2019-2020, hand knotted family t-shirts, 22” x 19” x 36”