As an artist working primarily with textiles, I am deeply concerned by the human relationship with cloth. We spend a significant amount of time physically interacting with textiles, but contemporarily, little time thinking about how they came to us. Cloth is something that we know intimately with our whole bodies; it comforts us and holds the physical memory of our being, but its place in our lives has become mostly an afterthought. We have developed a disconnect with the origins of one of our most basic necessities, and its value has been lowered both monetarily and emotionally. Before the onset of the industrial revolution cloth was a luxury, and even the most worn garments and linens were reused and repaired until they nearly vanished. Today, clothing and textiles are produced in a manner that has pushed them into the realm of “temporary” commodity. My consideration of contemporary consumer culture has led me to investigate my own consumption of temporary materials, the hierarchy of comfort objects, and how trauma has informed my relationship with cloth. Textiles have always been my primary comfort objects, and my work is created as a means of comfort or protection from traumatic experiences while unpacking them.