This project was pretty difficult when figuring out how to measure or quantify a part of my life that wasn’t necessarily seen. I first thought about measuring the distances between me and my family, but I didn’t how to quantify that and represent it with my limited resource of materials. I ended up talking to my dad about aspects of my life that are more hidden. I started thinking about how after each place that I’ve lived, I kind of leave that part of my life behind to build a completely new one. Every time I would move I tended not to talk about me old friends and life for very long because when you are meeting someone new and building a life somewhere else you have to move on quickly. In saying that with this piece I wanted to show my relationships to friends I have had in many places and how long I have known them even if I am not with them anymore. I did this by using tissue paper and layering circles representing each friend. Each layer showing how many years I have known them. I used a blue circle to represent me, and stitching to show how close I am presently to each person. The fragility of the tissue paper touches on how easy it is to loose people you love just by sheer distance, but by building the relationships over time it grows stronger.