Hand sewn books that look like what we used to call "exercise books" - "The use of embroidery thread allows for the production of the text and image with the same mark and material, to make the text, image and substance of the book inseparable" it says here, where you can see photos of the contents.
It has been said that she is not into the commodity of her work, but rather the labour of it.
The image is from a site marking her 2010 exhibition in Chicago. Candace Hicks trained as a printmaker and lives in Athens, Texas.
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