Yasmin Sharbaf

Neuroscience major, Studio Art minor

To Spin a Yarn

mixed media

Jewett Hallway Galleries

scroll of various prints sewn together on top of a black pedestal, with the scroll holder elevated on a black cube, in front of a gray fabric wall

This art piece signifies the journey of my mother in her birth country, Iraq. The piece unfolds with each piece of paper telling a story of a timeline that she lived through - her journey from a peaceful country filled with hopes and dreams to a time when her dreams were shattered.

close up on a scroll showing sewn seam between two prints, one of which has lines of Arabic writing

close up on scroll holder, which has as its end cap a wheel of sewing pins; part of the scroll, made of sewn-together prints, is visible

scroll made of sewn-together prints sitting on top of black pedestal in front of gray fabric wall; a label and QR code are installed on the wall above the piece

Click here to view a poem associated with the art object.

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