Memories 4

I use traditional crochet techniques alongside traditional drawing methods to explore memory and the various relationships within my family lineage. 

 

My Spanish maternal grandmother taught me how to crochet from an early age, so crochet and drawing were always part of my childhood. I combine the two together to reconstruct and recall the past and to continue these dialogues and recollections, keeping a connection to my family and Spanish heritage. 

 

I would sit with my mother and grandmother, and we would crochet, knit, sew or embroider together. Sharing skills was our ‘dialogue’. It was a way to communicate, pass down knowledge and to strengthen our bond as a family. 

 

Today these memories live on in my artwork preserving family bonds and holding a connection to my past. 

 

Hand-Crocheted Cotton Motifs and Pencil on Paper

47x45x4cm