These are autobiographical pieces, based on photographs from my childhood.  I've recently rediscovered these photographs and learned to read psychological meanings into them that I had not been aware of before.  The images are intentionally blurry, echoing the fuzziness of memory. “Blanket: Wrapped in My Parents’ Love” is cross-stitched in wool on a cotton blanket.  The other four pieces in this series are done in needlepoint, a technique chosen for its domestic connotations.  The safety and stability associated with a picture in needlepoint are at odds with the slightly disturbing quality of the images.

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