Seams are the central motif in Pip Culbert’s artistic practice. Through the deconstruction of clothing, bags, tents, and other textile objects that the artist has collected over time, the main structural lines of these forms are preserved. The objects are transformed into conceptual “ghosts,” and the forms are reduced to archetypes. Seams hold different layers of fabric together with stitches, and Culbert follows their traces to create her “soft” sculptures. Culbert reverses the process of any tailor or machine; there is a modesty and economy of form—it is a process of lightening the load.