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Viewpoints 9 (Cycle 6) Challenge 1–Grandmother's Flower Garden
2020-03-02 17:39:39

Viewpoints 9 (Cycle 6) Challenge 1

Title of work: Grandmother's Flower Garden

 

Artist Statement:

I sorted out fabric scraps beside the sewing machine left by my mother and used the materials that she had accumulated over the years to create this work in memory of her. It was only during the sewing that I realized how a woman cultivates herself continuously from young to elderly in her lifetime. This is the last lesson she taught me.

Recalling my childhood, most of the time I sat beside my mother’s sewing machine, listened to her sing and tell stories while sewing. It was because she had to make money to support the family. In fact, like my mother, I don’t like to be tied to a sewing machine. I’d rather go out to see the beautiful world. I sewn such feeling and self-experience into the work. She taught me that hand sewing is an unlimited happiness to take along, and there are profound wisdom of life in needle and thread that you can explore.

Materials: Chiffon, Japanese kimono fabrics, linen, satin, gauze, silk, netting, dyed fabrics, cotton prints, lace, embroidery floss, metallic thread, beads, sequin, Romanian thread

Techniques: 100% hand stitched (pieced, appliquéd, quilted)

Size: H 60" x W 48"

Ideas and Thoughts:

My theme for the current challenge cycle is Line. I really like to see the flight routes around the globe. It feels like every single line is pulling us to explore the novel world. Just like the title of my work, Deposit of Wisdom, if you reach every city (point) along with the line, you will find good harvest of wisdom. I’m creating a series of work documenting the places that I’ve visited and things that have inspired me or made me curious. I am looking forward to a pleasant creative journey. Best wishes to you all.

Photo credit: EVA Air

 

For the first line in my Line series, I would like to depict the needlework connection between me and my mother. My mom passed away on Mother's Day in 2019. The pain of losing her has continued unabated. The first work of my Line series will convey her wisdom, temperament, and strength. I am very honored to create a work for her.

   

My mom was a tailor and she made clothes for others. I've been fascinated by needlework since childhood. When she was young, she learned to sew from my grandmother and made the “three-inch golden lotus and clothes” for my grandma. The sewing tradition has been passed down to the third generation. It contains not only the techniques but also the humanistic connotation, which has influenced my deep expectations for creating. Thank you, Mom, for everything. I will be creating the work with my mother’s fabrics. Best wishes to our future.

This quilt is in memories of my mother. I try to depict her temperament by using the fabrics she left behind, her favorite quilt pattern and lilies. The fabrics left by my mom were orange and pink, so I use them for the flowers in my work.

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