“Fragile, Handle With Care” is a synthesis project for “Art of the Printed Word,” a first year seminar course about printing and typography at Yale University.

In an attempt to find unexpected beauty, I interviewed five of my hometown friends on an item they continue to hold after its initial use. From a scrap of painted paper to a piece of kaleidescope glass, my friends recounted stories filled with nostalgia, hard work, and triumph over difficulty.

Through this project, I reconnected with friends after months of at-home isolation during the pandemic and learned about the items they kept purely for memories sake.

Kimono silk, ink, watercolor.