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Embroidery by Szara

This embroidery piece simply wants to let you know that you can do it. If you dream of simple living, embrace the possibilities of stripping your middle-class ideals of grandeur and live in the country. Perhaps, listen to the throbbing pulse of the motherland calling you back.

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Szara is a crafter and mainly a pen and ink artist currently based in Turtle Island. You can find more of her work on Instagram at @_guhit where her main focus is the Philippines and the current social movement for genuine liberation in the country.

Szara’s main focus in creating art is to reflect and respond to the Philippine struggle for genuine democracy from the protracted people’s movement. She works with various mediums including pen and ink, embroidery, and collage. She is currently based in between the Niagara escarpment and Lake Ontario. You can find her on Instagram as @_guhit and on Facebook as SZ_Guhit.