Redesigning the tam cúc card deck was a labor of love. I was home for the weekend and running errands with my mother. Our conversations during those car rides often turned to “remember when…” Perhaps we were talking about Tết traditions or games we used to play, when my mother said, “The tam cúc cards…
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Like the toiles that came before it, the jacket is made of lightweight unbleached muslin, a plain cotton weave I’m fond of for its newsprint sensibility. It’s a material meant to be thrown away on rough sketches, a step removed from that pristine whiteness which alienates emergent thought. The muslin, in this case, has been…
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Bà Nội believed that a second-hand garment is imbued with the previous owner’s vía – the sum total of their hopes and fears. Before wearing the garment, you must alter it in some way. The alteration can be a button tucked inside the hem or a bit of embroidery under the neckline. No need to…
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