My practice spans embroidery, mending, food and transcription; it is a daily and lifelong practice attuned to the changes that come with repetition: with moving the hand up and down; cooking a meal again and again; repairing a hole that grew from rubbing, rubbing. This practice is essential because of our changing climate and because of the distance between eating a meal and the labor of producing it (the same distance can be found between garment and fiber). By necessity, I ask how we (people, plants, and animals) relate to our worlds in the context of displacement, catastrophe, the passage of time, and our slippery, shifting memories.
Young Grace Cho, Revolutionary Letter/Quilt Bloc, Hand-embroidered full-cloth tied quilt, 2024, 30inx30in Hand-quilted embroidery; transcription of Diane di Prima's Revolutionary Letter #111