Bhirsinu Hundaina
Laura Wagner
Artist's Statement - 2007

Inspired by early stories of my life in Katmandu, Bhirsinu Hundaina is a recounting of the tales of my childhood, my mother's experiences, and our early relationship. Motifs of disease, support, protection and restriction permeate the work, which explores the process of story telling as a way of integrating personal history, fantasy, and truth.

Hundaina is a large, unbound book of prints and poems. Of the ten sections, five are for the Daughter and five are for the Mother, each with a print and a poem. The prints are drypoint etchings on plexiglass and were printed in an edition of five each.