A Work In Progress
A Work In Progress
Visual artist Kesewa Aboah takes us through her mind and world as she explores what it feels like to transform the thoughts in her head into art that lives in the real world.
Text by Kesewa Aboah
Photography by Alice Dellal, Daniel Wheatley
Issue 003
“I start with a theme or project, intending to finish and carry that theme throughout. However, I usually end up somewhere totally different.”
“The embroidery is taxing; it’s laborious and repetitive. On the best of days, it’s meditative and gratifying. On the worst days, it’s just me, my head, and a sewing machine that won’t play ball.”
“Whether it is my body or someone else’s, the finished work feels like me in every way. I see something—a feeling, a moment—finally articulated.”
“For the most part, it’s best always to have another embroidery ready to go. Repetition, but make it different this time…”
