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01. We Cry and laugh Together, 20 prints
Title: We Cry and laugh Together
Medium: drypointing and monotype on dó paper, cotton paper, and voile
Year: 2025
The work resists the speed of contemporary life and embraces slowness as a form of gratitude. Printmaking here is not only a technique, but a rhythm of presence—a way of keeping, holding, and gently carrying memory forward.
We Cry Together is a meditative installation grounded in familial memory, quiet rituals, and the resilient gestures of domestic care.
Through hand-printed forms—etched and layered onto delicate surfaces such as dó paper (once used by the artist’s grandfather to write letters to her grandmother), cotton paper (a contemporary way to hold memory), and voile (a reused baby scarf that once protected, now cleans)—the work evokes everyday objects inherited, touched, and remembered: biscuit tins, cloth napkins, trays, wrappers. These are not simply utilitarian items; they become tactile vessels of tenderness and collective remembering.
In the intimacy of shared meals, the artist’s family opens boxes of old photos and retells stories—laughing at imperfect snapshots, recalling what was once overlooked. These acts of repetition—of folding, wiping, retelling—become a language of love. Domestic labor becomes a living archive.
