Through a series of conceptual textile artworks that depict emotional healing, inner strength, and transformation following trauma, this thesis investigates the idea of Post-Traumatic Growth (PTG). Beyond depicting pain, the piece emphasizes the fortitude and self-determination that come from hardship. Each piece of art metaphorically reassembles the disjointed self into a cohesive, expressive whole through the use of patchwork, hand stitching, and layering techniques.

The piece highlights the silent power of healing, repeating, and building through thoughtful textile selections and techniques like layered transparency and sashiko. This shows how emotional resilience can manifest visually and how brokenness can be turned into meaning. In order to reframe pain into growth—not as a linear journey, but as an ongoing process of becoming whole in new ways—this body of work transforms trauma into multi-layered narratives of recovery.

This study highlights the resilience, strength, self-awareness, and confidence that can arise in the wake of trauma, rather than the suffering caused by it.