Carpet with Fringe

The fringe is left real, extending past the edge of the panel. Needles of gold run bottom to top, holding the black field.

A carpet once hung on the wall as a sign of plenty is half-eaten by black lacquer — and the pattern reads better than it would whole. A series about memory: some of it is sealed for good, the rest shines.

Carpet with fringe, black flooding from above with gold needles.