Displaced
Exploring the concepts of dislocation and displacement led me to think about what it is to be an immigrant. Following many conversations with immigrants and my own personal experience inspired me to create these works and explore the feelings, emotions and experiences attached to this situation.
11" x 11" x 3" Glass, 24K Gold leaf. This piece refers to the sense of a place and belonging, the immigrant's search to belong and the longing for the homeland.
11" x 11" x 3" Glass, 24K Gold leaf. This piece refers to the sense of a place and belonging, the immigrant's search to belong and the longing for the homeland.
11" x 11" x 3" Glass, 24K Gold leaf. This piece refers to the sense of a place and belonging, the immigrant's search to belong and the longing for the homeland.
18" x 4" x 3" Glass, Metal wire. Immigrants repeatedly find new borders over which to move - physically, emotionally and socially.
18" x 4" x 3" Glass, Metal wire. Immigrants repeatedly find new borders over which to move - physically, emotionally and socially.
12" x 12" x 4" Glass, Cotton hand crouched doily. Every immigrant goes through this stage of wandering, moving from one place to another.
12" x 12" x 4" Glass, Cotton hand crouched doily. Every immigrant goes through this stage of wandering, moving from one place to another.
12" x 12" x 4" Glass, Cotton hand crouched doily. Every immigrant goes through this stage of wandering, moving from one place to another.
8" x 8" x 4" Glass, 24K Gold leaf. The search to belong, to find a place to call home, is every immigrant's struggle. And somewhere out there there's a special place that the immigrant used to call home...
8" x 8" x 4" Glass, 24K Gold leaf. The search to belong, to find a place to call home is every immigrant's struggle. And somewhere out there there's a special place that the immigrant used to call home...
8" x 8" x 4" Glass, 24K Gold leaf. The search to belong, to find a place to call home is every immigrant's struggle. And somewhere out there there's a special place that the immigrant used to call home...
24" x 8" x 30" Glass, Enamel, Metal wire, Hemp cord. The difference between how one thinks about a place and how a place really is when actually living there. This difference is disillusion.
24" x 8" x 30" Glass, Enamel, Metal wire, Hemp cord. The difference between how one thinks about a place and how a place really is when actually living there. This difference is disillusion.
24" x 8" x 30" Glass, Enamel, Metal wire, Hemp cord. The difference between how one thinks about a place and how a place really is when actually living there. This difference is disillusion.
24" x 8" x 30" Glass, Enamel, Metal wire, Hemp cord. The difference between how one thinks about a place and how a place really is when actually living there. This difference is disillusion.