SESSION 30: Wrapping Up 2021 - Honouring Loss & Love with Memory Objects

It’s time to pay homage to our 2021 experience. 

Practice wrapping small objects (hand-written note, photograph, found object) using fabric to honour our losses and loves over the last year. This is a personal process that offers an array of healing and reflection. Our goal is to find a home for what we have experienced throughout this past season.

Learn how to mindfully wrap these objects using a variety of fabrics and strings, and take time to value all we have been through together. Our shared losses felt throughout the year, may be seen as a gift: the gift of legacy or perhaps the opportunity for new beginnings. Treasure these gifts experienced together, and honour both our losses and loves in our heart-felt community. 

Craft in Common: Loss - Wrapping an Object as a Symbol of Loss from Craftspace on Vimeo.

Suggested Materials: 

• Square of fabric: approximately a square of 30cm x  30cm  (variety of colours, old clothing, etc.). Whatever you have will work just fine!
• String/ribbon/thread 
• Paper & mark-making tool 
• Found objects (to honour experiences/people you may have loved or lost over the past year)
• Beads, etc.

Art-Making Process 

1. Use your heart, hands, and minds to create a small object to honour all that you have lost over the past year and the gifts you plan to bring forward with you.

2. Write a letter to express the loss

3. Draw a symbol to represent the loss

4. Jot down some of your favourite memories 

5. Mindfully wrap letter/object with loving care

6. Store your object in a special place 

Taking Care: Where Art Meets Wellness is supported by the Solcz Family Foundation.