Blanket Stories: Textile Society, R.R. Stewart, Ancient One

A site-specific installation for the United States Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan

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Amanda Marchand
Brooklyn, NY

This little striped blanket may not look like much, but when I look at it all I see is my first-born child, August, swaddled in it. He’s 11 now, and as tall as me, but this is one thing that brings back the experience of being a NEW mother and that overwhelming feeling of love.