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A scrapbook of transitioning in quilt form. Each page tells the story of the past two years. Being on the operating room table the moment of the total solar eclipse, transformations so beyond my body, the universe whispered they are cosmic. Haircuts glimmering with euphoria, returning to the boy I always have been. The first of many needles to grow my tree’s roots. Snapshots of time coated in blue for a future I see in rays of light.
In This House I Bloom explores fleeting moments of time, collecting fireflies in the fields of ferns, and growing up queer in a community that lacked representation. Home is not a literal place but a limitless feeling of joy, wonder, and exploration. Colors of the wildflowers recall returning to our inner child, the curiosity of dimples ingrained in our smile lines. We all hold these patchworked surfaces that remain as a reminder of our beautiful stories.
The “Picnic In The Park Quilt” translates my Daily Practice watercolor patchwork paintings into a reversible quilt. The “Picnic In The Park Quilt” tells the narrative of bleeding fruit in the summertime, dancing under the moonlight at midnight, and experiences of growing up queer in a community that lacked representation.