EXPANDED PRACTICE    

Tear Stitch 
                        
Xintian Jiang
@happinessbeautycake_

Tear Stitch is a quiet conversation between emotion and material. Each stitch carries a trace of crying—its temperature, rhythm, and fragility. Through knitting and collective making, tears become soft data woven into fabric, forming an emotional archive that breathes. The work asks: when tears dry, what remains on the cloth?