The Memory Box

Authors

Sabina Kariat, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow
Fleet Library, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow
Special Collections, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow

Files

Publication Date

Winter 1-1-2017

Keywords

artists' books, rituals, grandmothers, memory, shrines, Hindu, student artists' book contest, fourth

Disciplines

Book and Paper

Student Status

Undergraduate student

Year of Graduation

2018

Major

Illustration

Faculty / Course

Jo Sittenfeld, Materiality and Intimacy

Materials + Techniques

Ink, wood, laser cut, image transfer, digital

Student Narrative

I have created a ritual object shaped like a Hindu house shrine, that contains images of my grandmother's house drawn from memory. I want to enshrine the overlooked objects in her life, and emphasize the grounding relationship she has to rituals both mundane and spiritual.

Photo Credit

Mariah Bennett, MDes Interior Architecture, 2018

Recommended Citation

Kariat, Sabina; Library, Fleet; and Collections, Special, "The Memory Box" (2017). 4th Student Artists' Book Contest 2018. 11.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/specialcollections_bookcontest4th2018/11