Delving into fragments of my childhood memories, I remembered that I would bite and rip my stuffed animals, and mum would stitch them back up for me until there was no more left of the toy—yes, that is apparently a thing children do. Playing on that peculiar habit of mine, it has carried over my interest in materials and weird textures into my current art practice. I love working with embroidery and stitching fabrics and latex, but I’m also interested in exploring new ways to manipulate these materials into different mediums beyond textiles. I touch on the topic of women in history, working with fabrics, as something often associated with femininity—my grandma being one of the strongest women of her time, and that’s where the correlation lies.

Aside from materials and touch being important elements in my project, I also find sound to be a significant part of spirituality, as it enhances our senses and almost grounds us in a way that visual objects cannot. For the outcome, I combined prayers that I would hear throughout the festivals with the cartoon noises that would every now and then dip in and out of the sound work to represent the child back then who would hide away from the chaos of the festival.’