One thing you should to know...
For me, this fibers project is a meaning making endeavor. Before beginning each project I ask myself, who? what? when? where? why? how?; and reflect and journal on my answers to these questions intently. I have sought for many years to answer these questions to most hings in life and have come to believe that one of reasons I make art is to add meaning to life. Art is personally viewed at by me as a meaning making endeavor and therefore require much thought and consideration.
Lately I have been thinking a lot about where I stand in the midst of all this digging for information and art-making and realized a few things. Most of the women in my family are homemakers who quit their careers when they had babies. I do not want to solely be known by the rest of the world as a mother like the other women in my family. I have dreams and goals to strive for, a career that I am passionate about and love very much but I feel this very strong pull towards adopting more motherly habits. Over the past four years I have found an unconditional source of love, a great partner and friend who has unknowingly turned me into a homemaker. If I do not work late I have dinner on the table when he comes home, I spend my time tidying up our house, folding our laundry, and surfing the internet for new recipes and interesting things for us to discover together. I enjoy performing these tasks because of the sense of appreciation that I feel from him for being the co-manager of our household. The homemaker part of my life can now relate to my grandmother and mother on this front and as a result I feel compelled to dig deeper into the history and memories that they have to share as homemakers and tie those experiences into my career as an artist and art educator.