This work examines the concept of heirlooms and looks critically at methods used to store and pass on memory, positioning the seed as both a carrier of information and a symbol of intergenerational love. Through two connected outcomes, the project offers a refusal against the mass commercialisation of memory by exploring offline family archives. The first outcome imagines an alternative analogue medium, where heirloom seeds act as an incorruptible archive; the second explores the digital immortalisation of memory through 3D scanning.

In the first piece, nine Borlotti seeds are presented within a jewellery purse. These seeds are UV-printed with family archival stills of mothers and children, referencing the Chinese tradition of passing jewellery down the matriarchal line. The biological medium implies a dormancy to be unlocked and a replicability possible only through nurture.

The second work captures memory through 3D scanning, where six digital fragments from a childhood home are recorded. To subjectivise the medium, the artist’s mother performed the scans herself, guided only by written instructions sent via email. These digital objects—ranging from toys to garden structures—function as new family heirlooms stored entirely offline. By avoiding online sharing, the work ensures data privacy while acknowledging the inevitability of digital degradation and technological obsolescence.