While visiting homes for community organizing, I’ve noticed that as more people sign away their privacy to security systems like Ring doorbells, less will answer the door to a stranger. Calling modern expectations of safety and isolation into question, “Invite Me In” situates the viewer at a domestic boundary. The installation explores transparency with a handwoven lace awning which would be useless on an actual porch. A ceramic peephole is disguised as a wreath with dyed jute framing. The yarn-dyed, handwoven jute door mat is embedded with protective motifs pulled from centuries of Armenian carpets. Like my ancestors, I believe in the power of ritual protection through textile craft, but today it’s more common to seek security through surveillance. Fortifying homes with cameras and never answering the door, people guard their privacy indiscriminately. What do we lose by locking people out of our most personal spaces?