Lucy Childs
Martinez, California
lucychildsbookarts.com
“Whatever Happened to Louisa?”
2020
Textiles: hand embroidery on linen. Accordion book with wool cover, contained in cloth-covered box. Book cover: wool with text embroidered with cotton, silk, rayon, and polyester threads; interior, linen embroidered with cotton, silk, rayon, and polyester threads.
Open: 4.5 x 19 inches; Closed: 4 x 5 inches.
Artist Statement
Whatever Happened to Louisa? documents the mysterious death of Louisa, in the style of Agatha Christie, with images suggesting trauma in a bedroom followed by a drowning. Poor Louisa.