Under the Willow Tree

Authors

Talia Connelly, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow
Fleet Library, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow
Special Collections, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow

Files

Publication Date

7-1-2014

Keywords

artists'books, Student Artists' Book Contest, first

Disciplines

Book and Paper

Student Status

Undergraduate student.

Major

Textiles

Faculty / Course

Pamela Unwin-Barkley, Foundation Studies

Materials + Techniques

Cut paper

Student Narrative

Written by a Chinese-American adoptee and told through the perspective of a birth mother, the words that weave in and out of this book's seemingly spare surface serve to humanize the narrative shared by millions of mothers who surrendered their daughters out of cultural pressure and economic hardship.

Recommended Citation

Connelly, Talia; Library, Fleet; and Collections, Special, "Under the Willow Tree" (2014). 1st Student Artists' Book Contest 2015. 7.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/specialcollections_bookcontest1st2015/7