Mending Time

handmade gampi paper, banana, silk, algae, abaca, cotton textle

5.5'' x 8''

Mending time is a book project constructed over the course of a year. First with documentation and collection of fibers in Vietnam. Algae, banana fibers, and mulberry, was collected from central Vietnam, Huế during fieldwork research on hand papermaking techniques. During this project, after sustaining a head injury the project changed into documentation of thinking about mending as a process for healing. The book contains no text, absent of words. The “words” are the marks made with thread, wrapping around each fiber to talk about the ideas of holding, containing the ideas of care through the materiality and gesture.

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Encapsulated artist book with handmade paper using Vietnamese papermaking techniques. January, 2023.

Photos by Veronica Pham