As one of my projects at PCA, we were given a Finnish text - of which we did not understand its meaning. Without knowing any narrative or significance of the text, I visually translated the text. I chose to make marks on long strips of paper that mimicked a bamboo slip book. I planned to bind all the pieces of paper together once I was done with translating the text. I made a system where each line represented an alphabet. For example, one line would imply the alphabet “a,” two lines would mean “b,” three would suggest “c,” and so on. I chose to embroider on drawing paper because I wanted to show how I see drawing as an act of leaving marks on the surface. Embroidering throws more attention to the amount of time that it takes to finish the work, and the close relationship built between the work and its creator. My red embroidery suggests that Finnish culture has a strong connection with falu red. Their cave paintings from centuries ago have iron-based amber pigment, and Finnish continues to use the same paint when painting their red barns.