Motherhood and the concept of maternal love have always been crucial sources of creative inspirations for the artist. Growing up in a tailor’s shop, she gained a thorough understanding of fabric, needlework and seeing machines from her mother. This early familiarity with crafting textiles profoundly influenced her later work. The intimate and inherent when working with textiles promoted Lin Fanglu to reflect on women’s roles in society and the family unit. Lin believes that women have tirelessly stitched their labour into the fabric of domestic family life, as narrators, educators and caretakers. However, their voices and experiences are often neglected, concealed and silenced in society. Lin Fanglu asserts that despite their devotion to a family and home, women cannot easily escape a sense of confinement and isolation amid the rapid pace of societal change.