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Inspired by textiles inherited from my mother and grandmother, the original textile piece is destroyed to create these objects. A clay record is all that remains, a memory of the original object. This technique, with its inevitable breakage, reinforces the ideas of vulnerability and impermanence.

Bonnet series 2008, porcelain,~4.5x4x6"

Dress series 2008, porcelain, ~14x9.5x6"

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