Tori Hong
ALL OF MY GRANDPARENTS ARE REFUGEES – Detail, 2024
fabric, hanji (mulberry paper), embroidery thread, faux pearls, replica French Indochina coins 19" x 60"
This photograph depicts the hand embroidered poem, "All of my / grandparents / are refugees / I remember / I pray / I listen". The textile was sewn in the artist's lap, hand stitching together irregularly cut squares of fabric. The bojagi sewing method gives the textile a translucent quality.
Tori Hong
ALL OF MY GRANDPARENTS ARE REFUGEES – Detail, 2024
fabric, hanji (mulberry paper), embroidery thread, faux pearls, replica French Indochina coins. 19" x 60"
This photograph provides a closer look at the hand embellishments inspired by Hmong ceremonial clothing. Strands of faux pearls dangle in front of the quilted squares. On the end of each strand are replica French Indochina coins. The textile puckers from hand embroidered letters. Loose threads hang.
Tori Hong
ALL OF MY GRANDPARENTS ARE REFUGEES, 2024
fabric, hanji (mulberry paper), embroidery thread, faux pearls, replica French Indochina coins 19" x 60"
Influenced by Korean bojagi, Hmong clothing, and the queer experience of being “in between”, ALL OF MY GRANDPARENTS ARE REFUGEES (2024) is a hand sewn, embroidered, and embellished hanging textile. The hand stitched poem reads “All of my / grandparents / are refugees / I remember / I pray / I listen”.
