Sashiko embroidery, burlap coffee bag, and fire mended onto photos; 

All photos come from my great grandpa's personal archive.

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The photos are of my relatives when they had just immigrated to Brazil and were forced to work in coffee farms before they could become free immigrants. Sashiko is a traditional Japanese stitching which my grandma learned from her grandma and in turn taught me. 

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The book was made for the exhibition by the Vancouver Ceramics Studio - Reclaim - in September 2025. It was bonded with home made rice glue, another experiment as a form of research and connection to my ancestry.