Press, Surrender imagines the dry cleaner as a site of garment recovery, where clothing moves through cycles of admission, treatment, and return. Using various papermaking and printmaking processes, personal items are subject to a mysterious yet effective system of care. Within this infrastructure, stains and damage are examined as subtle records of wear.

Through pressure and transfer, clothing leaves imprints of seams, folds, and bodily residue. These marks transform everyday garments into an archive of lived experience. Oxidized wine creates a purple tone that moves throughout the work. A substance that once carried the potential for life-derailing harm is redirected into a material for making, becoming an act of reclamation.

My process balances preparation and surrender. Careful arrangement gives way to conditions that exceed complete control, allowing materials to reveal what intention alone cannot. In Press, Surrender, pressure functions both as a physical force and as a quiet reflection on placing trust in a process larger than oneself, where relinquishing self-will becomes a way forward.