eMBROIDERED BOOK: ALLIES
Insipiration for the project
A university project that encouraged students to create a book based on any subject matter and using any material they thought fit to express the storyline.
The storyline was based upon a true recollection of a holocaust survivor called Agnes Sassoon. Her book ‘How my Spirit Survived’ was the context for my book with her brutal descriptions of how she endured the war.
I chose to create my book from materials such as old clothing and unwanted textiles. By embroidering the book I felt it would give more gravitas to her story.
Should you want to read up on Agnes Sassoon and her struggle I do fully encourage you to grab a copy of her book. Other materials include this oral history interview with her from the in the link below;