Thou Art Beloved: Book Twelve of my series Love Sonnets from Shakespeare to Baltimore. Created in 2021, this textile book was created with repurposed clothing, a wedding dress, silk fabrics, Shakespeare Sonnets, embroidery, glass beads, and various printmaking techniques.

Love Sonnets from Shakespeare to Baltimore, Book Nine

Love Sonnets from Shakespeare to Baltimore, Book Six

Love Sonnets from Shakespeare to Baltimore is a textile book project that explores memory, love, mortality and cultural symbols. Through the convergence of literature and fashion, this project becomes both a visual response to Shakespeare and a multi-sensory artistic experience.

Love Sonnets from Shakespeare to Baltimore, Book Three

Love Sonnets from Shakespeare to Baltimore, Book Two

2018 Artist-In-Residence, NYC.

This book is part of a larger, year long project that was inspired by vintage African textiles I received from the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art Library. The history and stories behind the African textiles are essential components of the handmade books. They add extra layers of meaning that can be very personal: Using fabrics that are unique to a particular culture, personal to the author, and relatable to the reader, again fuses the material form of the work to its meaning and adds complexity to the work.

A work of art is a refined and intensified form of experience. Working with African textiles from the National Museum of African Art Library allowed me to use finely hand-woven and hand printed fabrics of the past and turn them into new stories.

This was one of twelve books that was inspired by African textiles I received from the National Museum of African Art Library in Washington, DC.

Permanent collection: Smithsonian National Museum of African Art Library

Creative Challenge: 365 books in 365 days

In 2015, I created a book a day for 365 days. This is an example of the books I created in February.

In 2015, I created a book a day for 365 days. These are a few images of the books from February. ** All books in this series measure 8.75 x 11.75 x .5 inches, have at least 20 pages. Each book is unique.

The title of the books I created in March 2015 was Proof of Life. They examined the things that truly makes us know we are alive.

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