a vessel for water

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Artist: Katrina Perdue

Title: a vessel for water

Attribution: "a vessel for water," 2022 Katrina

Year: 2022

Materials: rubber water bottle, cotton thread, purple heart plant cutting

Dimensions: 13" x 8" x 2"

Image Statement: Mending represents emotional and physical labor while offering an alternative response to the modern realities of material excess. My work is about seeing the potential in worn-out everyday objects - not only to preserve and restore, but also to offer a renewed sense of value, appreciation, and usefulness. This visual interplay of abundance and scarcity calls into focus the paradox of fixing things in a culture of mass consumerism and disposability. Through repair, we can rethink consumption and imbue our own value on possessions and resources. Using darning techniques in traditional and nontraditional ways, stitching serves as a visual representation of mending as an act of care. To fix something – to make it whole again – is an act of healing.