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babincho prints began with my drawings and the small world I carry with me.

A short film in Wendi's handwriting: Hi, I'm babincho. I began with drawings and the small things I carry with me. I grew up between countries, cultures, and languages. Somewhere along the way, I learned to make parts of myself quieter. Much of what I draw comes from memories of home. The small, familiar things that remind me I belong. Maybe we all have parts of ourselves we've learned to make quieter. I want to make space for those parts to exist as they are. To let the paint be itself, and let ourselves be, too.

I grew up moving between countries, cultures, and languages. I learned very young how to adapt and how to belong somewhere new. But in doing so, I often felt that parts of where I came from had to become quieter.

babincho is a place where I don't want to make those part of myself quiet.

Much of what I draw comes from my roots and from memories of home: noisy streets in China in the 90s, my grandmother’s handmade tablecloths and bedding, old candy wrappers and little jars of face cream, animals, plants, food, rooms, and ordinary things that somehow stay with us. They remind me of a place where who I was and where I came from didn’t need to be explained.

The way I paint comes from the same feeling. I don’t try to control the paint too much. I let lines be crooked, shapes be imperfect, and colors meet and become something of their own.

I want the paint to be allowed to be itself.

Maybe that is what babincho has always been for me, too:

a world where I can be myself, carry my roots with me, and celebrate them.

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