I identify myself as being one to try to preserve the past, specially the ‘useful’ arts. The handkerchief was chosen to represent that, mainly because it was found while I was looking for another piece of my sewing works. My parents have instilled a sense of need to save the working arts for future generations even if technology has made these ‘arts’ and skills unnecessary. I can sew, using both a sewing machine and by hand; lay bricks, wielding, minor smithy work, I can work a hand loom, clean silver, set a table for a full five course meal, and shear most farm animals for their wool/fur. For my generation having these skills is considered weird. Not sure how this plays into the idea of culture we have been talking about this semester but its culture and those of us who are preserving it view ourselves as subculture of modern culture. It also has to do with my culture identity as a female; therefore I am automatically a teacher of the next generation and must be able to pass on valuable skills and ideas to the future generations. So maybe I am bound by the ideas of feminine duty instilled by society?!? Though every culture I have ever been in seems to instill that idea to a certain extent, so it kind of fails at defining my culture for this project.
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