Pair of two-tone gloves c. 1900 - 1915

These two-tone gloves sit patiently, waiting to be slipped on. Imagine the maker carefully stitching them together, each seam a deliberate stroke, shaping the supple material around an absent hand. I am thinking about that hand that's no longer there. What gestures did it make? Whose hand was it? Did it hold a brush? It’s like an abstract painting, where the artist's hand is present in every mark and the surface remembers the movement and energy that went into its creation. The fine stitched lines that articulate the fingers, like an inked drawing, remind us of that touch. These gloves are traces of a body, vessels of memory. We are all makers. We respond to each other, inspiring new ways of seeing and feeling the world through our work. It is about embracing uncertainty and inviting new interpretations with every touch.