I am a multimedia fiber artist working with textiles gifted by friends and family.
My practice is shaped by my southern upbringing as a third-generation Chinese-American, whose family settled in Memphis after immigrating to the Mississippi Delta in the 1940s. I intentionally use secondhand material gifted by friends and family, including decades-old textiles from working in my grandparents’ restaurant and grocery stores — such as tablecloths and butcher aprons.
Mama and Papa — The banquet at Chinese School Cleveland, Miss., Sunday, June 9, 1940
Mom and Dad wedding reception, 1967
Dad at grocery store, circa 1960’s