Two Can Share Heaven

2024

110” × 80”

turmeric and indigo-dyed cotton, donated fabrics, discarded paintings, faux fur, silk, velvet, polyester, jewelry chain, split rings, thread, cord, wood

filed in: 2024 Fiber Garments Object Kites

This kite is able to transform into a garment modeled loosely after dragon robes worn by Chinese emperors said to be "Sons of Heaven". Sewn entirely out of fabrics donated or already within the my collection, the piece is a refashioning of existing and unwanted material to create a new mandate of heaven. Designed to be worn by two people at once, it offers a simple but direct challenge to the notion of a single ruler blessed by gods. Here, power must be shared, redistributed, and negotiated between two.