Double Pleasure and Double Trouble are inspired by bamboo back scratchers. Found in many Asian households, these simple bamboo forms help you relieve an out of reach itch. I think about this form as a metaphor for the invisible labor many communities of color perform in service of others. I come from a long line of service industry Asians. They sewed and altered clothing, gutted fish, waited tables, cooked food, and watched and raised other people's children. They often went without the comfort and care they provided for others.

Double Pleasure holds two fruits significant to Chinese symbolism - peaches as a symbol of longevity and oranges as a symbol of good fortune. They are juicy and ripe with hope.
Double Trouble holds a meat cleaver knife and chopsticks - ubiquitous cooking and eating tools in an Asian household that have the power to transform and break down barriers with a meal.