North Beach on Quiet Island

2018. Accordion book with wool cover.Cover, wool with text embroidered with cotton thread; interior, linen banding embroidered with cotton thread. Open, 5 x 20 inches; closed, 5 x 12 inches. The interior of “North Beach on Quiet Island” is a panorama view across sand dunes to the ocean, and its cover says, “North Beach on […]

One Day in May, 1905

In progress. A hand-embroidered multi-page book with pages echoing early 1900s aesthetics, with textile designs, a diary page, and other text; 6 x 9 inches, hand-embroidered with cotton, silk, polyester, and rayon thread on linen pages.

Three Books

2016. Three accordion books with the theme of remembrance; each hand-embroidered with cotton, silk, polyester, and rayon thread on linen, 3.5 by 20 inches. The books are meant to be carried with their owners, to be looked at when needed, as a memento or a reminder of a beloved who has passed away. The bottom […]

How a Bandage Works

2017. Accordion book with wool cover.Cover, wool embroidered with cotton, silk, rayon, and polyester threads; interior, linen sewn with cotton, silk, and rayon threads. Open, 6 x 28 inches; closed, 6 x 8 inches. “How a Bandage Works” shows the progress of healing over time. You can imagine the bandage wrapped around a bleeding wound: […]

Whatever Happened to Louisa?

2020. Accordion book with wool cover.Cover, wool with text embroidered with cotton, silk, rayon, and polyester threads; interior, linen embroidered with cotton, silk, rayon, and polyester threads. Open, 4.5 x 19 inches; closed, 4 x 5 inches. “Whatever Happened to Louisa” documents the mysterious death of Louisa, in the style of Agatha Christie, with images […]