In Loving Threads

June 2022

'The green grass breeds silently. In my life, I don't know how many such springs have passed. However, it is the last spring my grandmother has seen.'

This piece is a quiet tribute to my grandmother—to her love, warmth, and the gentle rituals of care that defined my childhood.

‘In Loving Threads’ is a headpiece inspired by the wool earmuffs my grandmother once made for me. Crafted from soft yarn and silver, this wearable sculpture echoes the comfort and safety I felt as a child, wrapped in her handmade warmth during winter days. The combination of materials reflects the contrast between fragility and permanence: wool, warm and tender like her embrace; silver, enduring like the memory of her presence.

When I was little, my grandmother always sat beneath the old persimmon tree in our yard. The spring wind carried the scent of gardenia and her faint sweetness. She was always there, quietly weaving love into every stitch. The earmuffs she knitted were never to keep me warm — they were a physical memory, a silent promise of care. I still keep them today. Every time I wear them, I feel her hands again, threading love through time.

This piece speaks to the last spring she saw — a season I've lived through repeatedly, but never the same. My hometown's mountains, our old house, and even the sunset no longer hold the same light. She closed her eyes as the sun slipped behind the hills, and the world grew quieter.

Through ‘In Loving Threads,’ I attempt to hold onto that silence—not in sorrow but in remembrance. Each loop of yarn, each curve of silver, is a gesture of grief, love, memory, and time we can never return to but always carry.

Earrings
Materials: Wool / Silver / Pearl

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