Fabric of Society: Me, You, and Us
Fabric of Society is the title of my solo first community based project and was also show title of a connected exhibit in 2019
It was my hope was that the show, works, and community based project included would encourage people to look at how they think of and approach ideas they have difficulty relating to and understanding. It is easy to make a villain out of someone we don’t know, whose social or political views differ from our own. In the current national and world climate of polar opposites, I had hoped we could start conversations and communicate to understand each other and bridge some of those gaps.
The Community Part of the Project: Me, You, and Us
Part of the show included a work I asked for outside participation in. I asked people to send me a 10'' x 10" (25.5cm x 25.5cm) piece of fabric that captures who they are, along with up to five words describing themselves. I then embroidered the words onto cloth, and sewed all the fabric squares together to make a larger piece. This work followed the tradition of community quilt building.
