A PRECARIOUS TRACE
Image: All That Glitters…, Cicada. ©MCE 2021. Courtesy of Michele Carragher.
BOOK: Trace: the embroidered art of Michele Carragher (Search Press, 2021)
REVIEW: Dr. Catherine Harper
Michele Carragher’s Trace (Search Press, 2021) is a book of both beauty and intelligence.
As expected from this esteemed costume embroiderer— whose work is included in Game of Thrones (HBO, 2011-19), The Crown (Netflix, 2016-22) and Peaky Blinders (BBC, 2013-22) —this is a richly illustrated, sumptuous production, with incredible images; details and whole pieces of Carragher’s work, luxuriously printed on seductively glossy paper...
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