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Install! Finished construction w/Holli.

Construction on the bag with Holli. Our sewing machines are acting up, so it's taking us a bit longer, but construction is still continuing.

Have been thinking about other implications and intentions with the bag, and how it may be perceived.

Cut pieces from scraps of others deemed unworthy. Us cutting and taking the time to prep them for interaction with others. Cut, iron, stitch. Not pinning them, not puncturing them any more than needed.

Starting construction on the bag, thinking about methods of install, as well as the implication + intent of the quilted bag.

Stitched together out of scraps, being pieced back together from torn fragments. What does it mean to be put back together? Are you ever whole again? Do those breaks stay with you forever? Will you always be a little bit torn?

Above is Holli and I's proposal for the Pyramid Hill installation. We are going to be making a quilted smiley face bag, to commemorate loss and growth from the grief.

No production, just finding references and inspirations.

As is a theme this whole first year of grad school, I'm finding Louise Bourgeois to be very relevant. I've found a few projects she's done that I find interesting and useful.

Hours of the day- https://www.moma.org/collection/works/portfolios/129797

Pink Days & Blue Days- https://whitney.org/collection/works/11513

Lullaby- https://www.moma.org/collection/works/series/129796

We've talked a bit about Tracy Emin's 'My Bed' piece, but I just discovered her applique blankets- https://www.mrxstitch.com/tracey-emin/ AND https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/emin-hate-and-power-can-be-a-terrible-thing-t11891

I have finished all 5 pillows, as well as the quilted wall hanging for the installation in the Women's Center, installing on Monday March 6th at 9am.

More production! Putting together pillows, cutting out more text, and creating a backdrop for a banner/wall hanging for the Women's Center, collaborating with them.

I met with their project manager, and they seemed super into my installation idea, so I've talked with them a few times and am going to be installing on 3/6, before Spring Break.

The majority of my time last week was spent working on the larger banner/wall hanging, with it containing 120 cut, ironed, and sewed squares. It's a pretty good size. I'm next going to be working on getting the letters cut out, placed, and glued, which is also going to take a lot of time.

Last week I started piecing together how to create these objects more, with production in mind. Sewing, screenprinting, felting, glueing...

I got some fabric (11 pounds if it!) from the Recycle Center so I got that covered! And I am getting better with my sewing skills, and cutting skills because I am resorting to cutting out the letters out of felt and fleece.