Encircled in Love

Technique & Style

Abstract, Textile

Notes

Artist statement: "This project was inspired by 2 Nephi 1:15, where it has the phrase “encircled….in love”. This was the basis for this art project, the embodiment of being encircled in love: an artistic hug. These bracelets I made for my dad were gifts for each school year he was gone as a professor and supercommuter. Starting at my wrist and working its way up my arm, they were made in that order. I made these with the thought that I wanted my dad to be encircled in love, literally and figuratively. He had his ring to be encircled by my mom’s love, and I wanted something close in proximity but created by me as a reminder that I love him, too. This would always be a circle representing a hug, one of the main manifestations of love in our family. As you can see, the colors used shifted from the colors I liked, to the colors he liked, to ending on a color I liked, which depended on what I wanted him to remember more that year: either that he was giving me a hug when he put it on, or I was giving him a hug when he put it on. This was meaningful to me, because when my dad left as a supercommuter, I knew that while we were apart physically, that artistically we were together, and that made it easier to be apart as a family. Because he would always be encircled in mine (and my mom’s) love for him."

Commissioned Status

Submitted to the 2025 Book of Mormon Art Contest

Church Name

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints