Maintaining the high quality traditions of handmade books of the past is important to me. In recent years, I have replaced handmade paper with hand-woven and vintage textiles. These textiles are innately tactile and relatable: Fabric pages are not flat and completely blank. Each stitch adds texture and dimension. The fabric moves and molds itself in the hands of the reader.
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Torn But Not Broken
Unbound page, 22" x 24", 2017
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Mystical Beliefs
Created with authentic African textiles from 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 2000s
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Watching: Burgundy lives in the land of green
African and American textiles, fabric manipulation, printmaking
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Treasure Maps
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Silence
Various African and American textiles, hand and machine sewn with fabric manipulations, 16.5" x 22.5", 2017
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Treasures
Stripping wounds of precious treasures, detail view of a page
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Green Paradise Hides Truth
Hand painted, hand dyed on vintage cotton, linen, 16.5" x 22.5", 2017