Lines That Lead Me Home

CMYK and Monotype on Paper, Fabric Beads

Year: 2025

Dimensions: 36 in x 48 in

Lines That Lead Me Home is an installation that mixes CMYK screen prints, monotypes, knit fabric, and beads to explore how memories change as we get older. Beginning with old childhood photos that I screen printed slightly mis-registered on purpose reflect the small slippage we experience with memory. It’s familiar, but not always accurate, and sometimes the details drift in ways we don’t notice until much later.

On top of these images, I added a monotype of a street map of where each photo was taken. I chose this because certain places can instantly bring old memories back, even ones we haven’t thought about in years. The map almost behaves like a second layer of memory, both grounding and complicating what’s underneath. It reminds us how closely memory is tied to location, but also how place can distort what we think happened.

The knit fabric and beads that link the prints together act like the threads between different moments in time. They’re soft and handmade, which contrasts with the printed surfaces and shows how fragile and patchworked memory can feel.

Overall, this piece is my attempt to visualize the way we remember: not as something perfect or fixed, but as something constantly shifting and pulled together by the places that shaped us.