The very early stages of a new artist book. Recently I have developed a particular love of the delicate, the floaty, the lightness of fragility in my hands when embroidering on lace and paper. My swatch roll is the latest piece which inspires that pleasure and without wishing to repeat my work or create identical pieces I am drawn back to elements of that swatch roll and the very first artist book we created in artist book class.
The embroidered piece has silk velevt alongside lace and paper. The velvet adds a stability and a weight in a way that doesn't detract from the fragility of this piece. The next step is to think about the pages which will fill this one....