Scarves My Mother Would Strongly Dislike

Satin printed scarves

Inspiration

Inspired by the culture, imagery, and heritage stories collected from my hometown trip to China that year, every idea I had, I kept thinking: 

“But my mother would hate that.”

In realizing the subconscious filtering of all my creative work through the lens of what my mother would think, this idea became a cathardic and unapologetic project to reverse that mentality. The inspiration became an art piece of satin scarves with imagery that my mother would strongly dislike.

Joined with photographer Dhia Istiqamah, she took on the artistic freedom and worked with local Vancouver creatives to represent what the work means and how it can be applied contemporarily.

Hand drawn artwork using black pencil crayon for texture. Imagery of snake, peony, and smoke out of small hut.

Final Design

Vectorized coloured close up. Made artwork spec so it was print ready made at local Vancouver Vendor.