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july 27 - august 27, 2016

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Amy Reader

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Amy Reader is a painter, fiber, and installation artist currently living and working in Charlotte, NC. She first developed a love for making at age 6 when she created tiny clothing for her stuffed animals and hasn't stopped creating since.

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Find me on Instagram: @amyreaderartist

Picked up some beautiful new fabric today marking the beginning of a new approach in my work.
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As I’ve mentioned previously, I’ve been in the process of assessing my work, why I create, and what I use to create. In that process, I’ve been trying to figure out how to source the materials I need in a way that is more in line with my values.
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As someone who has always had the desire and need to create, I know that I cannot not stop making. It goes against my own identity. But as someone who has been working hard to understand our impact on the earth, how to better care for the environment, divert waste from piling up in landfills, and generally be a better steward of this place we all briefly call home, I’ve been trying to think of a better way to source fabric for my work than just another store.
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An idea that is part of many of the zero waste/waste reduction pages I follow and read is that there is generally enough stuff in the world, you just need to connect the stuff with the right person. This is usually used in reference to buying things secondhand, but I thought why couldn’t that work for me? I need weird amounts of fabric that likely already are out there, so I began brainstorming ways to find that in colors and materials that would work for what I need.
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Enter @twofoldclothing. Morgan makes beautiful, minimalist clothing in colors and textures that are swoon worthy and she’s conveniently located in Charlotte! (We also went to high school together!) A few messages later, and before you know it I’m sitting on the floor of her studio sorting through bags of fabric scraps looking for pieces of an appropriate width and length that I can sew into a new piece.

I’ve been building out a new fiber piece and I’ve started added in recycled textiles with the felt I’ve been using. This piece has recycled denim sewn in and I have been loving the texture that it adds in!
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I’ve been assessing how I source my materials for my sewn work and how that relates to what I’ve being doing in my personal life lately to decrease the amount of waste we produce in our household. Keep an eye out for a blog post on that in more depth soon. In the mean time, @nicoleyoungart has a great post on her blog interviewing and few wonderful artists talking about their approaches to sustainability in the studio and I would highly recommend you give it a read!
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#Fiberart #touchmyart #fiberartist #dstexture #textileartist #embroidery #contemporaryembroidery #modernembroidery #feelingstitchyig #embroideryartist #abmcrafty #crafttherainbow #environmentalart #zerowasteliving #zerowasteart #reducereuserecycle

Auction time! I’m participating in the @artistsagainstinjustice auction to support @raicestexas
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Here is how it will work:
I am auctioning off one custom pin. Swipe to see examples!
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If you are the winner, you will send me up to 5 colors you want to see incorporated into the pin, and 2-3 composition inspiration images. I’ll whip up a couple sketches, send them your way, you’ll pick one and I’ll get stitching!
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To win this custom slot, comment below with your bid in whole numbers (but don’t use a $ or else Insta might delete the comment) and tag whoever you are outbidding. The auction will close on July 7th at noon!
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You will donate directly to @raicestexas and send me proof of donation within 24 hours of the auction closing. If I don’t hear from the highest bidder, it moves to the second highest bidder.
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Shipping is included for the US, but if international shipping is needed it will need to be covered by the winner.
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Bidding starts at $15! Good luck!
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If you want something already made, the summer flowers pins are in my shop and 20% of the profits will be donated to the @aclu_nationwide
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#artistsagainstinjustice
#Embroidery #contemporaryembroidery #modernembroidery #feelingstitchyig #embroideryartist #abmcrafty #crafttherainbow #fiberart #touchmyart #fiberartist #dstexture #textileartist #feelingstitchyig

Yesterday was day 91/100 of #100daysofcirclesonpaper and it will be a special one. This circle was painted at the peak of Mt Rogers yesterday, where the first two photos were taken. The third was taken as we hiked out this morning through Grayson Highlands.
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Over the course of the past three days, Adam and I went whitewater rafting down ~9 miles of river with class 3, 4, and 5 rapids, hiked to the highest point in Virginia, a total of ~9 miles round trip, and backpacked in and camped about three quarters of a mile from the peak.
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During this trip, I’ve had the time to reflect on the past year and really the past 8 months. If you’ve been following me throughout that time, you probably already know I had abdominal surgery in December of 2017. I started having health issues in June of 2017 and by November, I could barely walk around my apartment and the thought of going up a flight of stairs was all but impossible.
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After countless doctors appointments, tests, and tears they eventually took out my gallbladder under the premise that it would likely fix most of the problems I was experiencing, but probably not all of them.
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As I started to heal, we celebrated when I first felt “okay” and when I started to feel “okay” more often than I felt awful. We celebrated when I could walk a mile, even if it was at a speed of 1.2 on the treadmill, and then two miles, and then jogged a 5k.
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Throughout the recovery I’ve judged how I’ve been feeling based on how I felt before all of this happened and compared my progress to that. I’ve known throughout the second half of this journey that it would take a long time to hit 100% and that there would be good days and bad days and there definitely have been, but there are continuing to be fewer bad days. I wouldn’t say I’m at 100% yet, but 80-90% is feeling pretty damn good right about now.
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#the100dayproject

Days 88 and 89/100 on the go of #100daysofcirclesonpaper brought to you on the nightstand at the Airbnb.
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We are halfway through a mid Atlantic road trip and wrapping up our museum days in DC and will shortly be disappearing into the woods!
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If you saw my stories the last few days, you know I’m not the best at prioritizing packing my non-art things. Although this time I did pack camping stuff first because we needed to find all of the tent parts! I am a pretty light packer, but for this trip we have five and a half days, with half the activities being in the city and the other half being in the mountains/woods so the list of things we needed was pretty long and it included food and supplies for a night of backcountry camping so it was a daunting task.
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We downloaded podcasts and music and I turned the passenger seat in the Prius into an informal little studio with thread bits scattered about, but it works!
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What exciting trips have you been on lately?

Working on getting these little guys listed ASAP so look for something in your inbox tomorrow. If you don’t get my emails, pop over to amyreaderartist.com since email subscribers get first dibs whenever I update my shop.
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A portion of the profits these pins will be donated to the @aclu_nationwide
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#artistsagainstinjustice

Yesterday’s circle, so day 82/100 of #100daysofcirclesonpaper and I tried something new! I’ve never stitched on paper before, and it was fun but even more tedious that stitching usually is because I had to punch holes through the paper which took longer.
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I have been really trying to not be in a rut as this 100 day project comes to a close so stitching on the paper was one way I wanted to challenge myself. I might try and draw some food again next. Who knows?!
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How do you break out of creative ruts?
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#the100dayproject #badbitchesofhandembroidery #embroidery #contemporaryembroidery #modernembroidery #feelingstitchyig #embroideryartist #abmcrafty #crafttherainbow #feelingstitchyig #100dayproject #dmcthreads #madewithmichaels

Finished this guy last week but have yet to name him. Suggestions?
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#touchmyart #fiberartist #dstexture #textileartist #fiberart #wallhanging #wallhung #cltarts #cltnc #cltmaker #embroidery #contemporaryembroidery #modernembroidery #feelingstitchyig #embroideryartist #abmcrafty #crafttherainbow