Category: Rituals and Traditions

In 2018 on May 15th, my mother died. Every year I make a piece to remember my mother and her life.

The beads are from one of my mother’s necklaces.

Code for the word–Loss

Inside of the piece.

It can be free standing.

Code for my mother’s date of birth 02151930 and the date of her death 05152018.

The code for this page is 2025 and Unshed Tears for My Mother.

I knotted the green thread around the raw white linen. Each five knots is used to represent a dash. There are two dashes (M), space, three dashes (O), space, and two dashes (M).

Materials–
The green paper is painters’ paper. I had some paint left over from a piece. Rather than letting it go to waste, I printed it on a roll of paper. I used a parcel for the corrugated cardboard. The remaining materials are–watercolor paper, a few metal bits for the closure, beads from one of my mother’s necklace, and adhesive.

Scale–5.75″ x 4.75″ x .5″

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