One retired and stretched yellow woven measuring tape - retrieved from notion still-life, linen, hemstitch provided by project of hemming first blanket
Two blue woven printed cotton napkins - received as gift, muji notebook - partially filled with notes and lists, Manners for Women - Mrs. Humphry - 1993 - forgotten provenance - kept due to being incredibly poorly mannered/a project that is never finished, linen, threads lost due to printing off grain
One blue woven printed cotton bandana- unknown provenance - retrieved from linen basket, one white woven cotton napkin - retrieved from linen basket, Little Women - Louisa May Alcott - 1868 - purchased from Scholastic book fair, Little Women - Louisa May Alcott - 1868, Aquarium Fishes in Color - J.M. Madsen - 1975 - purchased from second hand bookstore in London, Ontario, Glinda of Oz - Frank L Baum - 1920 - purchased from book reseller in Muskoka. Ontario, linen
One blue woven printed cotton napkin - retrieved from package provided by mum, linen
Four yellow woven cotton napkins, linen
One multicolour woven printed cotton napkin - received as gift, with the note that the print reminded the gifter of receiver, linen
One pink woven printed cotton napkin- retrieved from gifted rag bag, linen
One and a quarter blue woven cotton tea towels - purchased from Ikea - received due to household amalgamation - retrieved from household rag bag, Girl in a Band: A Memoir - Kim Gordon - 2015, linen
Two green woven cotton napkins, linen, red thread revealed in hem upon disassembly
The act of keeping here has been a constant. The act of keeping is one that both dance partners are striving for. In order for either of us to do this successfully we have to rely on a third, and isn’t that always the way? In this case we have both turned to books, we turned to a copy of Little Women a book just plucked from the shelves of books that have been carted from home to home in hopes of making a familiar space for myself and my loved ones. It is the dream that this book acts as a home for these threads, who have been gentled pulled out of their familiar grids to be held in wait. The settling into these homes, these homes made by the pages of this book, creating little tunnels to keep their little bodies in place, burrowed into the markers of how the maker has been read by others, and read by themselves, markers of how they wish to be read.
One woven linen pocket square, Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary - David Sedaris - 2010 - received as gift for 33rd birthday, linen
One retired yellow retractable measuring tape - purchased from guild sale - missing boat sticker from side of shell, linen
One white woven napkin - retrieved from linen basket, Cosmopolitan's Hang-up Handbook - Barbara Creaturo and Veronica Geng - 1977 - purchased for four dollars from Attic Books, One white and pink woven printed silk handkerchief, One Kraft paper notebook - empty other than first two pages filled with notes, One yellow woven cotton napkin, Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift - 1948 -once owned by David and then Leon - purchased at some point for 8.95, One white woven silk doily blank - collected from Auntie Ida's cache, Panache and the Art of Faking It - Bob Levine - 1982 - purchased for 2.50 a decade ago as a laugh, One white woven handkerchief - retrieved from package from mum, Papier Mache - Robin Capon - 1977 - retired from Clinton Public Library - purchased from rummage sale, One white woven linen napkin, Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson - 1882 - gift from dad, The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions - Larry Mitchell - 1977, One cream woven cotton napkin, Four Fist Zines - Daemonumx - 2019 One white woven cotton napkin, David Copperfield - Charles Dickens - 1820 - gift from dad - inscription of his older brother on front page- Bob Ritchie, One pink woven printed handkerchief - retrieved from linen basket, Motherhood - Sheila Heti - 2018 - purchased on recommendation from friend upon dissolution of large romantic relationship, One white woven napkin, The Paradox of Choice: Why More is Less - Barry Schwartz - 2016 - purchased on recommendation of pal when discussing the rat nest of my brain, One yellow woven measuring tape, Cardboard scrap, Tape, one plywood side table - built by dad in boy scouts