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Student Narrative
Stitched between fabric and memory, this work traces the women of my family—mothers and daughters bound by hand-sewn garments and the quiet labor of care. In the folds and seams lies both the tenderness of reconciliation and the shadows of inherited wounds, each thread holding the weight of distance and return.
Publication Date
Summer 8-1-2025
Description
Entry for the 12th Baker & Whitehill Student Artists' Book Contest. Opening reception and award ceremony Wednesday, February 25, 2026 at 6:30pm, Fleet Library, 1st Floor Main Reading Room. Juror: Gabrielle Reed.
Keywords
artists' books; Baker & Whitehill
Disciplines
Book and Paper
Student Status
Graduate student
Year of Graduation
2026
Major
Illustration
Materials + Techniques
Accordion fold picture book, eyeshadow paste, crayon, collage
Recommended Citation
Hu, Rhea; Collections, Special; and Library, Fleet, "The Dream of Cloth Fish" (2025). 12th Baker & Whitehill Student Artists' Book Contest 2026. 18.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/bookcontest12th2026/18