Artist Statement
Amate de Jardín explores the intersection of ecology, ancestry, and material memory through the act of papermaking. Reviving the Otomí traditions and processes of bark paper within a contemporary, site-specific practice, I transform fibers gathered from my Chicago garden—such as grapevine bark, reed canary grass, bean stalks, leaves, and local flora—into living archives of place and lineage. Each sheet embodies an ecological dialogue between migration, land, and cultural heritage, reimagining this Indigenous craft as both a method of ancestral remembrance and a gesture of colonial resistance within the Mexican American diasporic identity. © 2025 Regina Telinski
