These pieces are an attempt to visualize time as it is spent in dedication to a task.  Sewing is an activity that has a long history in many different cultures.  Labor intensive and product oriented, it is an appropriate metaphor for the accumulation of time.  In each work the running stitch creates a line that continues to move forward and builds upon itself.  I sewed once a day, keeping a record of when I worked and marking the breaks between each session.  While it is evident where one session ends and another begins, I took care to tie the thread or hair from the stitches of one day to the stitches of the next, so that the line is continuous.  The result is an image of my commitment and the time that has passed.