Long story short, they were made during my time working as Conservator at the Wagner Free Institute of Science, using unsalvageable material scraps from the books and pamphlets I was restoring/cleaning, etc. This came at a time right after I had graduated from grad school, and so I was a total mess full of anxiety and stress. These pieces I came to think of as my ‘little anxieties,’ focusing on worries or fears I had while I made them in hopes that it would help me to move on.