Hanging on the walls and hidden in the corners of our homes are the photographs and artifacts of those who came before us. These seemingly mundane objects act as the indexical records of family and human history. Accumulating visually in layers and decaying with the passage of time, these remnants of our material world provide physical reference points for how we maintain and understand our relationships with one another. By excavating life stories, I amplify subtle details that often fade into the backdrop, to illuminate the connections between my family’s living spaces, the objects held within, and the heirloom plants passed from one generation to the next. Taking designs from both my own recollections and photographs of my family’s history, I create work that grafts botanical and architectural elements into physical memories.