Glacier Threads
Glaciers are among the clearest indicators of climate change. Over the past fifty years, they have lost vast amounts of ice, transforming both the landscape and our relationship with it.
In Glacier Threads, I photograph glaciers as they exist today. By hand-sewing thread onto each photograph, I reconstruct the ice that has disappeared over the last fifty years. The stitched lines reveal the former extent of the glaciers, making visible what can no longer be seen.
The act of stitching carries a quiet symbolism. Traditionally associated with care, repair, and practices often passed down through women, sewing becomes a gesture of remembrance rather than restoration. The thread cannot replace what has been lost, but it can make the absence visible and invite reflection on our responsibility toward a rapidly changing environment.
By transforming the photographs into tactile objects, Glacier Threads connects memory with the present, revealing the invisible through the simple, deliberate act of stitching.
