Safe Space I is an interactive installation that engages its environment to create a safe space for reflection, journaling, and stillness. Through a series of handcrafted fiber items, including heat-pressed quilted journaling prompts, handwoven double cloth cushions and a rug woven on a floor loom, and a tulle backdrop, the work reimagines the space as a vessel and environment for healing, self-expression, and awareness. These soft objects, universally associated with rest, comfort, sense of home, and belonging, push for moments of quietness, pause, and self-reflection. The objects also show how tangible, familiar objects can ground us during times of distress; providing an opportunity for safe introspection but also comfort for the person engaging with them. The vessel creates a sanctuary where one is symbolically shielded, enclosed, and protected instead of confined and isolated, and feels comfortable enough to have moments of vulnerability and self-compassion. Hovering between presence and absence, this safe space holds emotions and sits with one as they reflect, and gives them the permission to exist authentically in this sacred home without fearing judgment.




