Zipper by Lorna Crozier, a fabric bookwork by Lise Melhorn-Boe
Channel: Queen's University Library
Date: 2022-05-05

This bookwork is featured in the exhibition, Textus-Texts-Textiles: fabric bookworks by Lise Melhorn-Boe, at W.D. Jordan Rare Books and Special Collections, Queen’s University Library, 6 May – 9 September 2022. 

Zipper was inspired by a poem from Lorna Crozier's The Book of Marvels. All the materials used to create the books come from Melhorn-Boe's personal stash of fabric and supplies or those of friends in an effort to reduce consumption. Zipper served as the inspiration for a poem by Terry Ann Carter, "Zipper: a Suite," which would in turn also be transformed by Melhorn-Boe into a bookwork. 

Video by Brendan Edwards and Ella Heiss; edited by Ella Heiss, 2022.