Painting Writing Texting - Chantal Joffe & Olivia Laing Tatreez - elaborate hand-embroidery -

Tatreez - elaborate hand-embroidery - is an ancient Palestinian craft characterised by remarkable beauty and complexity

anchoring threads and yarn into the robust healthy fabric and filling in the holes or reinforcing the areas that are weak

unclouded by complicated explanation — resonates throughout the book

McCarragher’s photographs are accompanied by reflective essays that take the reader inside Prospect Cottage

and the effort to arrive at a new way of falling in love with the world as it is

Painting Writing Texting - Chantal Joffe & Olivia Laing Tatreez - elaborate hand-embroidery -Painting Writing Texting chronicles the friendship between painter Chantal Joffe and writer Olivia Laing, which began in 2016 when Joffe approached Laing to ask if they would sit for a portrait. From this unexpected encounter, the two embarked on an expansive and ranging collaboration, fuelled by high speed conversations about art, books, and their shared attempts to understand the world. It feels like we both use portraiture to get at something