Coley, Suzanne. "Shakespeare and the art of bookmaking." Throughlines. www.throughlines.org/suite-content/shakespeare-and-the-art-of-book-making.

Shakespeare and the art of bookmaking

Interpreting Shakespeare’s sonnets through a contemporary lens of bookmaking, embroidery, and printmaking.

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Suzanne Coley
Independent artist

As a book artist specializing in printmaking, poetry, embroidery, and bookbinding, Suzanne Coley reimagines the words of Shakespeare through the medium of book art. Her work brings Shakespeare into the contemporary world and reshapes his texts into culturally and socially significant art objects. In the last 10 years she has made over 500 unique traditional hardback books expanding the traditional bookbinding and book arts practices. Suzanne's art combines painting, poetry, printmaking, and textile manipulation to examine the human condition and modern-day social justice issues.

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