I have always been drawn to clouds — their slow, drifting forms that are familiar yet unreachable. They hold time lightly, moving across the sky as markers of distance, impermanence, and change.

Developed during my residency at Penumbra Foundation in New York, A Slow Procession Of Clouds is a series of cyanotypes combined with lace curtains — a domestic motif drawn from my childhood — serving as both veil and witness, an inherited fabric of separation and protection. Common in Polish homes, they are emblems of privacy and quiet observation. Their intricate patterns filter the light, softening what is outside while marking the boundary of what is inside. Having lived away from Poland for over two decades, these patterns carry the quiet weight of memory: home, care, and the intimacy of family life.

The lace does not separate me from the world, but folds together past and present, near and far, making the distant feel tangible.

By layering the ephemeral sky with these intimate, inherited textiles, I explore the spaces between memory and place. The deep blue of cyanotype allows these elements to coexist — a sky of longing woven with the traces of home. Its sensitivity to light and time allows the work to change and age in ways that parallel the erosion and persistence of memory.

This work is about the act of returning through image-making, about holding onto what is gone, and finding a fragile connection across distance and time.

(work in progress)