Mother, can you braid my hair?, 2024

Mother, can you braid my hair?, 2024

Wool, bamboo yarn, cotton thread, wood frame 

8.5 x 12.5 in, $350 

This piece is a story of a mother teaching her daughter to weave. Before the industrial revolution, generations of mothers would teach their daughters how to spin and weave in order to make clothing for their family. Nowadays, since it is not necessary to make our own clothes, a similar repetitive process is shared when a mother teaches her daughter to braid hair. Mothers have been caring for their daughters for generations in this way, giving away parts of themselves as they do in order to keep these traditions alive. The twill pattern that the woven piece is constructed of is often associated with men’s clothing, even though weaving was dominantly women’s work. Women have always been the backbone of society while being forced to stand in the shadows.