Category: ** Sentimental Objects
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The Textility of Trauma
In October 2019 I had the privilege of co-presenting the paper The Textility of Trauma at the University Art Association Conference in Quebec City, QC. “Katrina Craig and Jolee Smith will give a joint presentation on their independent creative practices, which both deal with hybrid text and textile methodologies in relation to trauma. In her…
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Calm
CalmCotton, wire2018 How do you record the weight a person has on a life, and the weight they have after they’re gone? How do you learn who someone is by what they left behind? A t-shirt worn to threads, with the shape of the person who wore it evident.
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It Washes Over
It Washes Over explores experiences through the objects we hold onto, and how the experiences they represent change us. Using donated items of significance that carry memories, grief, and trauma, I ventured into the inner workings of heartbreak and back again. This exploration of physical and emotional experiences as an unraveling and reworking of self weaves…
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Loving You Hurt More
Loving You Hurt MorePaper, cotton, tape, wire2018 Journals with the story sliced and dissected, never to be read, but maybe to be understood some day.
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Dedicated to
Dedicated ToPaper, tape, cotton, wire2018 I was donated the book Anal Pleasure and Health by Jack Morin as part of my project. In his early 30s, my contributor had the realization that he was bisexual, and his family was not accepting of his sexual identity. His niece (who was in her 20s) gave him her book as…
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The Process of Closure
I work with objects that break people’s hearts but that they’ve held onto because of sentimental value. I take them apart and transform the materials into a new form. The long processes and labour are like the process of grief or moving on; it takes time and sometimes we want to rush past it. By…
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Growing Together/Growing Apart
Growing Together/Growing ApartCotton and rings2017. I was given these wedding bands as a generous contribution to my project. Wedding bands are culturally one of the biggest signifiers of commitment and often that’s what we think of when “heartbreak” comes up: a relationship. Often the heartbreak objects I receive are from people who were in turbulent…
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Taboos, then, have an all-encompassing quality
Taboos, Then, Have an All-Encompassing QualitySilk, cotton, paper2017 Aspects of a Person’s Sexuality are Established Early in LifeSilk, cotton, paper2017 Self Loving People Have Greater Internal Resources to Draw UponSilk, cotton, paper2017 I was donated the book Anal Pleasure and Health by Jack Morin as part of my project. The owner of the book met me…
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Tokens From a Past Place
Everything Is Fine, Home Sweet HomeSilk, mohair, cotton, cardboard, reclaimed textiles2017 I Should be HappySilk, mohair, cotton, cardboard, reclaimed textiles2017 Carry You, SinkingSilk, mohair, cotton, cardboard, reclaimed textiles2017 To Use It, Is to Destroy itSilk, mohair, cotton, cardboard, reclaimed textiles2017 “The record is tattered, scratched and doesn’t play well. Another, final example of giving me…
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Love Isn’t About Becoming, it is Being
Love Isn’t About Becoming, it is BeingDeconstructed snow boots and wool2017 “As a part of Katrina Craig’s Suffering Project, I donated a pair of snowboard boots, gently used. By gently, I mean exactly one miserable time. These boots were given to me by a person who had a great impact on my life, more so…
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