Harmony Series I–VI / Time, Memory, Family, and Faith

Harmony Series I–VI

A collection woven from denim, paper, light, and memory — reflecting time, family, and the small quiet moments that shape a life.

The Harmony Series I–VI gathers the earliest years of my fiber- and mixed-media journey. Made from repurposed denim, hand-dyed paper, and folded materials, these works explore the threads connecting time, memory, and family.

Each piece carries its own quiet rhythm — traces of garments once worn, fabrics softened by life, or paper folded in repetition. Yet together, they form a visual archive of moments: the way memories accumulate, the way ordinary days become something tender when we look back.

Harmony I — Time

Built from repurposed denim, Harmony I reflects the quiet weight of lived years. Cut, layered, and stitched together, the fabrics become a meditation on how time leaves traces — softening, fading, rearranging — yet forming new rhythms of harmony.

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Harmony II — Memory

Soft color transitions and repeated lines echo the way memories blur and resurface. Harmony II holds both clarity and haze — the gentle in-between space where emotion lives.

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Harmony III — Culture

A vertical rhythm of layered textiles hints at cities, histories, and generational stories. Harmony III connects personal identity with cultural memory — woven, stacked, and carried forward.

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Harmony IV — Family

Denim from family garments forms a quiet gathering — shapes leaning toward each other, as if sharing stories. Harmony IV is a visual hymn of gratitude.

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Harmony V — Time & Memory

Overlapping strips create both a single field and thousands of small histories. Harmony V reflects how memory gathers itself — textured, uneven, and full of quiet life.

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Harmony VI — Folded Paper & Memory

Hand-dyed paper folded in the style of ddakji becomes a field of moments — simple units forming a quiet geometry of family, time, and relationship.

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🌿 Artist Reflection: Finding Harmony in the Ordinary

The Harmony Series grew slowly, almost quietly — the way memory reveals itself over time. I did not begin with a plan to create a sequence. Each work emerged from simple noticing:

  • the frayed edge of denim softened by years
  • the pale blush of hand-dyed paper drying in sunlight
  • the feeling of touching fabric once worn by someone I love

Only later did I understand that these pieces were speaking to one another. They shared a visual language of repetition, gentle movement, and quiet rhythm — much like the way our lives are shaped by countless small, repeated moments.

Harmony is not perfection.

It is the balance between what is remembered and what is forgotten — between who we were and who we are still becoming.



© Jaclyn Bae · Harmony Series I–VI · When Life Meets Art

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