Reeta El Khoury’s In-Between explores the experience of living with bipolar disorder through four connected symbols: the sun, moon, sunflower, and lotus. The sun and sunflower speak to the energy, brightness, and movement she associates with mania. The moon and lotus hold stillness, emotional weight, reflection, and growth through difficult conditions. Together, they allow Reeta to describe experiences that can exist within one person without reducing them to a single image.

She gives that inner movement form through construction and surface. Quilting places dacron between fabric layers, making the unseen interior of a garment essential to what appears on the outside. Pin tucks create controlled lines of tension, drawing on the lotus and the heaviness she connects to depression. Embroidery and beading concentrate detail in chosen areas, while digital prints bring contrasting feelings together on the surface. With ice dyeing, Reeta allows color to develop through reactions she cannot fully control; the resulting patterns register change and unpredictability within the making itself. Mikado supports the printed designs and gives them a structured form. Taffeta adds volume and movement, while denim contributes weight and a different texture. Orange, red, brown, blue, white, and pink move through garments that hold these shifts in structure, color, and feeling.

In-Between does not resolve its contrasting states into one fixed condition. Reeta works with the space between them, using precise techniques alongside processes that remain open to chance. The collection makes room for an experience that is layered, variable, and continually changing.