The HomeWork Machine

In this age of fast fashion, the whirring sound of a Singer may seem to belong to another era. Instead of the hum of domestic industriousness and thrift, it might be the sound of nostalgia. For my student Min, it sounds like home. In this episode I highlight a sewing machine that bound a family together for three generations, but today stands idle. We travel to hear the machine and its story, in order to understand one woman's commitment to her family and how this machine dissolved the barrier between home and work.