Visceral beauty and delicate decoration are central strands in the exhibition “Retrouver” (which means to find again or rediscover), featuring over a decade of diverse sculptural art by Laura Vickerson. Textiles, tactility, texture and hand-labor/sewing are the main “threads” pulled from Vickerson’s work to create a delicate handcrafted book that feels like a natural extension of the exhibition. An intricate sewing pattern from the artist’s work is die-cut into the cover. The books were sewn one at a time on an old sewing machine and hand-stuffed into cheesecloth bags to be discovered and rediscovered. Celebrating Vickerson’s attention to labor and detail, the book complements her work without overshadowing it. 

The materiality makes it. The laser cut is so appropriate.