Faye Lucia Murray

Ephemera is often defined by its impermanence, objects and moments that exist briefly before disappearing. But what happens when the temporary is preserved and given a new form? This project explores ephemera as a space of memory and meaning, examining the human instinct to assign emotional significance to everyday objects.

The Camino Kimono transforms a collection of stamps gathered along the Camino de Santiago into a wearable archive. Once functioning as fleeting markers of movement and progress, these impressions are removed from their original context and embedded into fabric, shifting from documentation to preservation.

What We Hold On To brings together over 100 good luck charms collected from across the world, each rooted in its own cultural, spiritual, or personal history. This book creates a shared space where these otherwise disconnected objects can coexist. By placing them side by side, in three sections the work reveals the recurring themes that unite them.