correspondence

Sointula Art Shed, BC, 2022

Correspondence plays on the word’s dual meaning of letters sent or received and a close similarity, connection, or equivalence between things. (Almost) every object in Correspondence is translated from paper to textile: loose leaf and notepaper from sewn and quilted linen; floral cotton and linen manila envelopes; felt-wrapped wooden books. This careful recreation of ephemeral or mass-produced objects invites a closer consideration of the original throwaway object, and the power of the time and attention in the labour of re-making. 

The textile materials, and the nature of their creation being slow, repetitive, and small-scale also references the historically feminized labour of domestic making. A writing desk with strewn papers, stamps, and envelopes is also a traditionally private, domestic space. By framing these objects in a public window, Correspondence invites the viewer to reappraise the often-overlooked presence of these ephemeral items and the often-undervalued labour of domestic creation. 

Linen & cotton fabric, cotton batting, paper, pine wood, felt, sewing pins, pens. Dimensions variable.