Pillow Book

Authors

Abbi Kenny, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow
Special Collections, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow
Fleet Library, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow

Files

Publication Date

2-1-2018

Keywords

artists' books, Baker & Whitehill Annual Student Artists' Book Contest, fifth

Disciplines

Book and Paper

Student Status

Undergraduate student

Year of Graduation

2020

Major

Painting

Faculty / Course

Michael Savoia, Wintersession Digital Embroidery

Materials + Techniques

Madeira rayon embroidery thread on satin and cotton

Student Narrative

My pillow book is a soft intractable object, I made using a Tajima 15 needle digital embroidery machine and hand sewing for the construction. The images were drawn and designed in Adobe Illustrator from my own reference photographs of people who are close to me. I then translated the illustrator file to a digital embroidery file in the embroidery program. This book is meant to be tender, like a stuff animal or something one could sleep next to.

Recommended Citation

Kenny, Abbi; Collections, Special; and Library, Fleet, "Pillow Book" (2018). 5th Baker & Whitehill Student Artists' Book Contest 2019. 21.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/specialcollections_bookcontest5th2019/21