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title: "A Better Place"
url: "https://chinoridge.com/works/p/a-better-place"
updated: 2026-10-07
description: "Vintage silk kimono swatches, linen, cotton towelling fabric, macrame cord and cotton threads. 141 x 105 x 1cm 2021 ‘A Better Place’ was my first tapestry…"
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# A Better Place

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Vintage silk kimono swatches, linen, cotton towelling fabric, macrame cord and cotton threads.

141 x 105 x 1cm

2021

‘A Better Place’ was my first tapestry work. It features Cosmos flowers, which were my mother's favorite. She lost her battle with cancer in 2021, and I created this tapestry imagining where she is now.

While sorting through my mother's art studio, I discovered a cache of vintage silk kimono swatches passed down to my mother from her father. As I explored the history of these swatches and made appliqué artworks, my heart began to heal.