FERNANDA ALMEIDA
CONTENTS
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a collection exploring the beauty of the kiskadee bird and it calling me back to my m
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The song of the Kiskadee birds calls me home, to the smell of rain and grass and the stains of red on my soles. I crave for its song, I crave the country that made me and my mother who raised me. I am tied to Brazil through my memories, through my skin that came from my mother, through the call of the Kiskadee that wakes me from my slumber. This collection explores the emotional and physical attachment that I hold to the sounds and presence of the Kiskadee, Brazil, and the person that gave me life; my mother. Through a series of shapes that embrace the body, structures that create movement, and colors that reflect my country; I tell a story of love between my motherland and I.
The bird and the womb are inherently tied to each other in my story. The bird is a vessel of my life in Brazil. The woman becomes the Kiskadee.
To remove the visual cut off that the dar t was giving on the middle of the jacket, I sewed a dar t pocket. The heavy wool encompasses the wearer paralleling the nest and the womb.
Jellyfish
Womb
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center
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my PELVIC bag
FERNANDA
ALMEIDA