Textiles.

Throughout history, fiber arts art such as weaving, knitting and embroidery was to a means for women to reflect on the current social, political and economic state of their country through the use of symbols. It was a medium to tell a personal story and establish a connection with the past, present and future of the artist and their community. It also has ties to folk traditions, crafts and a woman's dowry, bringing forth ideas identified with domesticity, feminism in the arts and labor-intensive work. Working with threads started off as a test, a way to translate my drawings onto larger surfaces. In the process, I was intrigued by the symbols and patterns and how they worked almost like a language. The viewer instinctively searches for a narrative within the composition and to attach meaning to the forms. The use of everyday objects suggests that all forms in the composition must be recognizable. The significance of semiotics comes to surface and the ways we are accustomed to connect meaning to images, manners of operation, modes of communication, learning, language, and art. I photograph the finished textiles in public spaces and which gives new interpretations to the work that diverge from its original intentions. Sometimes, the textiles are incorporated into more sculptural forms and installations by usually using metal rods.