Needle Work

Needle Work: artist book by Caroline Penn
Digitally printed concertina with hand-drawn elements, cut-out figures, dressmaking pins, pierced pinholes and inserts of tissue and bible papers. Handmade envelope.
Size: 10 x 25cm, opening up to 80 x 25cm. Edition of 12.
Needle Work: artist book by Caroline Penn
Digitally printed concertina with hand-drawn elements, cut-out figures, dressmaking pins, pierced pinholes and inserts of tissue and bible papers. Handmade envelope.
Size: 10 x 25cm, opening up to 80 x 25cm. Edition of 12.
Needle Work: artist book by Caroline Penn
Digitally printed concertina with hand-drawn elements, cut-out figures, dressmaking pins, pierced pinholes and inserts of tissue and bible papers. Handmade envelope.
Size: 10 x 25cm, opening up to 80 x 25cm. Edition of 12.
Needle Work: artist book by Caroline Penn
Digitally printed concertina with hand-drawn elements, cut-out figures, dressmaking pins, pierced pinholes and inserts of tissue and bible papers. Handmade envelope.
Size: 10 x 25cm, opening up to 80 x 25cm. Edition of 12.
Needle Work: artist book by Caroline Penn
Digitally printed concertina with hand-drawn elements, cut-out figures, dressmaking pins, pierced pinholes and inserts of tissue and bible papers. Handmade envelope.
Size: 10 x 25cm, opening up to 80 x 25cm. Edition of 12.
Needle Work: artist book by Caroline Penn
Digitally printed concertina with hand-drawn elements, cut-out figures, dressmaking pins, pierced pinholes and inserts of tissue and bible papers. Handmade envelope.
Size: 10 x 25cm, opening up to 80 x 25cm. Edition of 12.

A story of emigration, sewing and survival using material sourced from family papers and the National Archive along with my grandmother’s sewing kit.
Commissioned by Pages in Leeds for the touring exhibition Enfolding Journeys, 2025.