"Comforter"
2018
4' 6" x 3' 1"
materials: cardboard, tape, staples,
This piece is a quilt created from cardboard
boxes of particular Korean food items found at my family’s market. I have always
been very fascinated with the bright and fun package designs of imported foods
that I grew up eating. Although these boxes might be considered trash to the
casual onlooker, they represent my father’s hard work and sacrifices for the
past 17 years in America to sustain my family. His aching muscles and lack of
holidays is my opportunity to live a comfortable life while also carrying out his
American dream. This sculpture has elements of familial values embedded in different
levels: from the conceived idea to the process of creating it. When I was struggling to
sew the cardboard together, my mother came to walk me through the process and
told me her own stories growing up at a cleaners.
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