Baltimore Sonnets

For me, marrying the book form to textiles as page material, elegantly argues that fabric doesn't just have to be wearable, but that it too has stories to tell, and has a past worth sharing.   ~Suzanne Coley * The cover and all pages are made with contemporary and vintage fabrics.

In March, the rack was packed with used wedding gowns.  In May, these two were left.  Today I took them home before they were sent to the landfill.  They will be transformed into textile books. 

I am so excited to be back in the letterpress studio!   I am doing the prep work for one of the most ambitious projects I've done in a long time.  Stay tuned for more posts about this project and my residency in October at the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies.  

No matter how many times I embroider a newspaper, I always learn something new.  I recently changed the backing material and like the results much more. embroidered newspaper by Suzanne Coley