“Adults who are racked with death anxiety are not odd birds who have contracted some exotic disease, but men and women whose family and culture have failed to knit the proper protective clothing for them to withstand the icy chill of mortality.” 

— Irvin Yalom, Psychiatrist

Inspired by a series of interviews I conducted with a social worker about the ways people and communities engage with and heal through grief, I wanted to construct a garment that both comforts the wearer and encourages the viewer to engage with my story of bereavement. The concept of a grief sweater was also derived from a number of sweaters of my father's that I accumulated after he passed away. 

Knit and shaped on a single bed Brother knitting machine using punch cards and screen printed.