Todo lo que creo está inspirado en mi Nana Agnes. Aunque solo pude pasar una corta parte de mi infancia con ella porque el Alzheimer la tomó demasiado pronto, ella es mi inspiración todos los días. Mi Nana Agnes era una tejedora y artista profesional. Recuerdo que cuando era joven y ella me cuidaba, me sentaba y la veía crear cosas hermosas. Su oficio era verdaderamente único. Estaba en la escuela primaria cuando recuerdo que mi madre me dijo que estaba enferma, y verla perder su talento, su mente, su yo por la horrible enfermedad me rompió el corazón. Su espíritu vive en lo asombroso que creó. Ha sido mi misión enseñarme a mí mismo cómo tejer y cada tejido que creo inspirado en ella. Hubiera dado cualquier cosa por pasar un día en mi edad adulta con ella, aprendiendo de ella y aprendiendo sobre ella.
Tejer me trae mucha alegría. Siento que tejer es algo que quise hacer para honrarla.
Everything I create is inspired by my Nana Agnes. Though I was only able to spend a short amount of my childhood with her because Alzheimer's took her way too early, she is my inspiration every day. My Nana Agnes was a professional Weaver and artist. I remember when I was young and she would babysit me I would sit and watching her create beautiful things. Her craft was truly one-of-a-kind. I was in elementary school when I remember my mother telling me that she was sick, and watching her lose her talent, mind, self to the horrible disease broke my heart. Her spirit lives on in the amazing thing she created. It is been my mission to teach myself how to weave and every weaving I create inspired by her. I would've given anything to spend a day in my adulthood with her, learning from her and learning about her.
Weaving brings me so much joy. I feel that weaving is something I meant to do to honor her.
