Objects store and possess, take in and breathe out the emotions with which they have been associated. Through presents three versions of the same challah recipe: my grandmother’s, my mother's, and my own. They represent a deeply rooted family tradition and ritual, one that connects me to my inner being, to places, languages, and past generations. Through highlights the difference between ritual and routine and the objects through which these are performed.

In creating Through, I experimented with photopolymer etching as a way to maintain the original handwriting and allow the process to transmit the emotional weight of these objects. The concrete mixing implement is cast from an original wooden paleta from Guatemala, one used for many years in my mother’s kitchen. The paleta further reflects the emotional ties, weight, and labor encompassed within this ritual.

Photopolymer plate etchings, concrete, granite

36x22 in.

2019

Photopolymer plate etchings, concrete, granite

36x22 in.

2019

Photopolymer plate etchings

5x8 in.

2019