Alexandrya Eaton

A Piece of the Sky

  • July 6-19, 2024
  • Emily Carr University of Art & Design
  • Vancouver, British Columbia

How might textile making be a medium for articulating and transforming emotion? In my thesis work, I explore matrilineal textile production as means for processing grief. As I perform various techniques of hand making — pulling apart and stitching together, deconstructing and reconstructing — I also manifest my journey with matrilineal loss and engage in acts of remembrance. Difficult emotions such as fear and sadness are transformed through this making into soft tactile works imbued with love, hope, and joy.