The world around us is defined by seams. Seams exist in transitional areas as spaces (however small) between objects, where objects lie directly adjacent to one another. Seams can reveal how objects and materials relate to their context. Looking closer at these transitional moments may give insight into intent: whether integration or contrast, attention to detail or the larger concept.
Seams may convey a sense of something that used to be there, which was either removed or covered up. As a receptacle for artifacts, they may become physical containers of memory—as the cracks in our constructed realities of the present, seams retain the passing of time. Seams can also give a sense of scale, by establishing boundaries. Without seams, boundaries would not be apparent. And yet, seamlessness is an illusion. Nothing can ever truly be seamless, and the concept of seamlessness conveys false expectations.
Often remaining unnoticed, seams are an integral part of the construct of our realities, and when looking closely, can provide insight into the texture of environments and communities.