My Time
2018 - 2019 | 365 french knots on raw canvas
22 x 22"
This project was conceptualized as a daily art practice honouring the first year of motherhood where the opportunity to sew one stitch each day would be offered. Each daily stitch celebrates the window of time that was set aside to dedicate to the practice of art-making and self-care. ‘My Time’ equally acknowledges how the acts and demands of child-rearing are exhausting and challenging. Days, weeks and even months would pass before the opportunity or capacity to stitch arose. This circular formation is an attempt to retain a connection to a former self while establishing a new identity. In doing so it was met with leaps and hurdles denoting the simultaneous experience of navigating the mercurial waters of new parenthood.
My big, beautifully imperfect circle documenting my first year of motherhood. A stitch for every day since March 12, 2018. A stitch to celebrate a window of time that I have set aside to dedicate to my art practice (and myself).
(September 2018)