Each handmade fabric bowl is a symbol for a year of lessons from my mother. 17 inside the suitcase, and one, for my 18th year, placed outside of the suitcase to show the year of lessons I am missing from my mother. My intent for the suitcase is to show that in my time apart from my mother I still travel around with the lessons she taught me. The suitcase came from her, and the maple leaves inside were coloured to show my mother’s Canadian background.
