Inspired by my grandmother and the Hmong diaspora during the Vietnam War, Flower Cloth explores the relationship between story, memory, and place. Through the blending and disjointed use of background and foreground, we are left to question where the figures exist and/or if they can exist in many places at once. The use of pattern is a symbol of constancy throughout the work, reminding us that the building of new foundations do not mean doing away with the past, but rather that the past is being constantly interwoven into the present.