2022 Hand-stitched from found and recycled fabric, notions, transfer print, wired ribbon, and thrifted frame. Dimensions: H18” x W16”. Weight: 4.5lb. NFS
“I moved to Virginia from London in 1998, leaving behind my parents and two older sisters. It seemed to me that we as a family had embodied the adage “Distance makes the heart grow fonder.” And yet a crack had appeared–insidious, barely visible–that grew over distance and time, fed by an inability or unwillingness to discuss deep seated angers and fears around abandonment, responsibility, and the high price of personal choices. The crack grew to a fracture and threatened to split us apart, and so I attempted, kintsugi style, to repair it with a silence that shifted slowly into a quietness and with a mindful attention to my words, each time deciding if what I had to say was true, necessary and ultimately kind. The light is slowly sifting back across our lives. ”