Carolyn Shattuck
Rutland, VT
www.shattuckgallery.com

TREED
2023
Crocheted accordion book with poems BE LIKE A TREE by Joann Raptor and CROCHET, by Shiloh Morrison -Wool, washi paper, gel pen paper
H- 9″ x W- 25″x D- 2″

Artist Statement

One evening I was crocheting an afghan and I had the idea to create an artists book . I combined 2 artistic approaches into one. Several poems had resonated with me . They spoke of hope and healing.

BE LIKE A TREE

Stay grounded
Connect with your roots.
Turn over a new leaf.
Bend before you break.
Enjoy your unique beauty.
Keep growing

Joann Raptis

CROCHET

I’m weaving with yarn
crocheting stitches
across my heart
sewing up my wounds
allowing release
through art
a slipknot here
a whipstitch there

I weave and weave
as I crochet into repair
the frayed edges of my soul

SHILOH MORRISON