Amy's work was featured in Brown Paper Bag's newsletter called Old Random Threads.
Read an excerpt below and find the entire article here:
I started writing a newsletter this year! Every Friday, I publish Orts: Threads of Creativity. Through it, I collect and share small snippets of creativity: embroiderers, textile artists, illustrators, DIY projects, and how we can make time for our creative endeavors. The name was inspired by orts—aka the thread trimmings you’ll have when embroidering and sewing.
One facet of Orts is a series called One Person, One Project, which explores an artist’s work via a single project. Fiber artist Amy Reader creates nature-inspired work that is colorful and joyful. Her pieces incorporate needle-felting and other textile art techniques. In a recent edition of Orts, she discussed her work having to do with “moss, lichen, and fungi-filled world of the forest floor,” and what it all means to her. I’m now publishing it here. If you’d like to get Orts when it’s published, subscribe here!
Amy has a bustling online community—and a Patreon—and is one of the artists featured in my upcoming book, Threads of Treasure: How to make, mend, and find meaning through thread. Read more about the book here.