回家的路, the way home is a textile installation of garment pieces hung around a dining tablecloth.
each gift, placed over a square on the tablecloth is lifted to reveal a photograph.
hand painted tablecloth, digitally printed on cotton.
Around the border of the tablecloth is a circular poem that reads:
"sweetness arrives in our kitchen on sundays and so do you, following days of endured bitterness/ bitterness dissolves slowly as the scent of my favorite soup fills the air, hot with a slight sourness/ sourness somehow still brings me here. In between bites, you remind me, ‘everything tastes better with some spiciness’ /
spiciness always overwhelms me, but with our hearts warm, we are here together, a lingering sweetness/
sweetness arrives…"
each wrapped gift holds a different image of food, significant in my memory to family, love, and care
beaded knit dress and star anise pants
apron dress made from 5 dining napkins
tile wrap garment
detail of image transfer on tile fabric
The way I remember is wrapped in this gift I made for you, stirred in with the slow steam of dinner being served, sliced and split into two pieces; one for me and one for you.
