Red Thread Series—Lure/Forest Installed at Tarryn Teresa Gallery, Los Angeles

The installation explores the Chinese myth of the invisible Red Thread that binds lovers by the ankle from birth. With each passing day, the thread pulls them closer until at last they find each other, overcoming distance and social and cultural divides. The installation makes use of hundreds of paired coils of red thread delicately suspended in the gallery. Subtle air currents set the red disks swaying and turning slowly like water lilies as the loose strands of thread on the floor drift and become entangled.

Small round disks are made from tightly coiled red thread. These disks are suspended a few inches from the ground, with a needle piecing the center of each one.