There is something deeply satisfying about placing the final stitch in a project that has lived in your hands and thoughts for weeks. This week, I finished my Japan concertina book, and I couldn’t be happier with how it turned out. It became exactly what I had hoped it would be: twelve stitched pages, nestled…
There is something deeply satisfying about finishing a textile book. For me, every book is an opportunity to explore new ideas – not just for the pages themselves, but for the way the book is constructed. I am endlessly fascinated by bookbinding and the many ways fabric, thread, and stitch can come together to hold…
Last year I began a new textile book. I wanted to try a new-to-me way of binding, following Anne Wood, but instead it became one of those projects that demanded patience, pauses, problem-solving, and more than a little stubbornness. There were starts and stops along the way, experiments that worked beautifully and others that definitely…
An artist book stitched from rocks, fabric, and memory You may have noticed – if you’ve been following along – that I’ve been thoroughly enjoying the FibreArts Take Two workshop Unbound with Toni Hill from New Zealand on making artist books. Because I work in textiles, everything seems to take a little longer to resolve….
I wake up every morning and wonder why I still do what I do. Why that need to create. Some people may think “creating for the sake of creating.” I’m reminded of a quote by Ludwig van Beethoven who wrote a stunning letter to his brothers after completing his Second Symphony. I quote: “Ah, how…