As news-gathering departs from paper form and is conveyed instead through the television and internet,
the newspaper becomes a nostaligic and old-fashioned object.
I describe the beauty of the ritual experience of newspaper-reading by describing the paper as a tactile and fragile object in the language of craft.
The pieces in this series are entire issues of The New York Times encased in hand-embroidered cotton muslin.
I select a photograph from the paper; usually a strong image suggestive of power, leadership or communication;
and embroider the image onto the fabric,
applying colors in a painterly way and layering line and thread.
Portions of the image remain as outline and threads tangle and unravel from the fabric.
