Common threads
By: Candace Hicks
Contributors: Booklyn Artists Alliance
Publisher: Candace Hicks
Published: 2015
Place of publication: [Nacogdoches, Texas
Language: eng
Subjects: Artists' books; Specimens; Canvas embroidery
Other titles: Composition
Notes: Caption title.

One-of-a-kind artists' book by Candace Hicks.

Fabric book embroidered and constructed by hand of homespun cotton to resemble a school writing book. All text, lines and images on the "pages" are embroidered in black and red thread.  The cover is heavily embroidered with repeating patterns of dragonflies viewed from both the side and top. Pages are sewn at the left edge to form a codex with a black cloth spine.

"Common Threads [is] a series of over 40 hand-embroidered unique canvas books which copy the form and design of dime-store 'composition' books. The books themselves, self-consciously hand-made objects, are a record of coincidental occurrences generally gleaned from reading or mundane events."--Booklyn Artists Alliance web site description.