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Grids My Grandmothers Knew
Gabrielle Walcott-Bedeau
Guyana
About this piece
My grandmothers, my mother, and I inherited a language of sewing, stitching, and making. This layered "craft using knots" grid, inspired by Tim Urban's 90-year life calendar, holds memory, scars, beauty, and blank spaces—connecting me to Hopetown, family, womanhood, and becoming.