Tools of Tenderness (Series of Four) 

2019

Dimensions variable

Cement Fragments, Spools, Shells, Thread, Washers, Wire, Wood, Pigment, Photo

Tools of Tenderness (2019) is a series of four assemblage sculptures. When making these works, I was interested in the spools of thread inscribing tenderness to the cold-rough cement and wire fragments. By synthesizing my grandmother’s thread and other sentimental materials, the pieces become charged with the tenderness and preciousness of memory.