mamoue

This piece emerged from an act of memory. After the loss of both my grandmothers in 2025, I wanted to preserve a trace of what still remained alive: a handwriting, a voice, a presence.
A few years earlier, I had kept several sheets from my grandmother’s linen cupboard — a place that fascinated me as a child, as much for its order as for its distinctive scent.
When I found a small Christmas note she had written to me, I chose to embroider it onto one of those fabrics, as a way of extending the material of memory.
I kept her writing exactly as it was, including its imperfections and spelling mistakes, because they too belong to her presence.

Hand-drawn and hand-embroidered illustration and typography.
Embroidery, 10 × 15cm — DMC threads
2025