A wound can close without disappearing.
What Remains explores what is left behind after healing—the marks that remain on the surface, even when the pain itself has passed. A single incision moves across the leather, partially drawn together by a small row of stitches sewn by hand with Lin Cable linen thread. The opening has been repaired, but not erased.
Created from Australian kangaroo leather, the work preserves the material’s natural scars, variations and traces of life. Rather than concealing these imperfections, the piece allows them to become part of its story: evidence of endurance, memory and survival.
What Remains was exhibited at Connecting Memories Through Art 2026, where artist Serena Shin was awarded Third Prize.
One-of-one original artwork.
Materials: Australian kangaroo leather and Lin Cable linen thread
Dimensions: 50 × 40 cm, framed
A wound can close without disappearing.
What Remains explores what is left behind after healing—the marks that remain on the surface, even when the pain itself has passed. A single incision moves across the leather, partially drawn together by a small row of stitches sewn by hand with Lin Cable linen thread. The opening has been repaired, but not erased.
Created from Australian kangaroo leather, the work preserves the material’s natural scars, variations and traces of life. Rather than concealing these imperfections, the piece allows them to become part of its story: evidence of endurance, memory and survival.
What Remains was exhibited at Connecting Memories Through Art 2026, where artist Serena Shin was awarded Third Prize.
One-of-one original artwork.
Materials: Australian kangaroo leather and Lin Cable linen thread
Dimensions: 50 × 40 cm, framed
