—so I got to work on a design right away. I knew I couldn’t get attached to whatever the resulting piece became because she had a mission: win the competition.
I had found her a perfect sized box, but even though I’d prepared to send her off. I had imagined her travels and the joy of opening the box to see her for the 1st time. . . even though I comforted myself thinking of how she would surely win and I’d see her again (in a gallery) I couldn’t let her go. I had been so excited about the competition that I believed the disappointment of not “going for it” would out-weigh the sentimentality I might feel and that sentimentality would be all I felt.
Looking back I can now say it's not so! Little Sister is the potential -- a beginning of new art for me. Of course she had to stay! Still, I’m happy Momiji started the competition and that I used that surge of energy to create something exciting.
(Techniques I used include plant dyes, machine and hand embroidery.)
