Sera Park
Choi

My dad was in the bead business importing from China to Mexico. As his business slowly went into deficit he accumulated an excess of thousands of boxes of beads. The beads that were once the source of my family’s income are now considered to be a burden. I feel it is my responsibility to my family, and to the material that was created to make something of every single bead in that warehouse.

I create protection wear. Beadwork is a physical outcome of time and quantity. We are living through a global pandemic. I have never felt more anxious living in America, a country that is supposed to be my home. The past several months have proved to me that I would never be accepted as American because of my face. I question if labor and beauty can disguise hate and make the wearer feel protected.