Donald Woods Winnicott (1896–1971) said, “It is in playing and only in playing that the individual child or adult is able to be creative and to use the whole personality, and it is only in being creative that the individual discovers the self”.

Latest freestyle stitching, all recycled materials inspired by the great SophieTaeuber- Arp, artist, sculptor, textile designer, Dadaist around 1915. i love her take on geometric abstraction and tried to work with it here. Her book, originally found @tenderheart in London set me off on a journey.

love these (have 6 in different colors) and the tin!

The act of sewing is a process of emotional repair-Louise Bourgeois.
Yes, an example of my modern approach to ancient style Japanese boro / reworking pieces, piercing and patching through reworking- making new out of old and tired and worn. A material metaphor.

Stitching for Therapy? Anyone else exiting the hellscape via thread, color and an in and out rhythm?

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. Here’s a favorite:
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