Chinese Radial

This piece was created during quarantine. Like many other art students, I no longer had access to the materials and tools from the lithography studio and was forced to adapt and change mediums. Being home with my family, for the longest time since high school, was what inspired this print. I was surrounded by all of these different objects, food, symbols, etc. that I have grown up with and consider normal, but are probably quite different from other people’s households. I have fond memories of struggling to fold “pretty” dumplings, sharing mooncake during the Mid Autumn Festival, groaning whenever my dad cooked bitter melon, hanging up decorations for Lunar New Year, etc. I wanted to showcase these small but significant objects in traditional colors like red and gold.