the personal archıve
The Personal Archive is a growing collection of textiles I have inherited, discovered and gathered over time.
Some have been passed down through my family.
Others were found by chance, in small shops, old markets or places I happened to visit.
Sometimes I know exactly where a fabric came from. Sometimes very little is known about it.
I have always been drawn to the things that make a textile particular. The weight of a silk, an unusual weave, a piece of embroidery, or the way a fabric changes when held against the light.
Not everything in this archive is intended to become something else. Some pieces I keep simply because I find them beautiful, because they remind me of someone, or because I haven't yet decided what to do with them.
This is a place to share those textiles and the stories behind them. Where I found them, what I know about them, and why I chose to keep them.
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From My Grandmother
My grandmother kept beautiful things. Fabrics, handkerchiefs, little pieces of embroidery. Some were carefully folded away for years. These are some of the things she left behind.
