This textile work began as a large-scale hand embroidery, built slowly through dense stitching and deliberate repetition. Over time, the piece underwent its own transformation, becoming integrated into a quilt: shifting from a singular image into part of a larger, living surface. The act of quilting does not conceal the original embroidery but reframes it, allowing seams, layers, and negative space to participate in the narrative.

Metamorphosis is present not only in the imagery but in the making itself. Hand embroidery is an intimate, time-bound practice, while quilting introduces structure, connection, and continuation. Together, they mirror the moment of becoming: when one form does not disappear, but is altered, absorbed, and carried forward. The stitched surface holds evidence of labor, touch, and change, emphasizing transformation as a gradual and embodied process rather than a sudden event.

As my latest textile art piece, this work reflects an ongoing exploration of how stories—mythic, personal, and material—shift as they move through hands, time, and form. The quilt functions as both container and witness, honoring what the piece was while allowing it to exist as something newly made.