The Fabric of Memory started in 2020 during the isolation of lockdown. Most nights I found myself dreaming of women I used to know, and in the daytime wondering at the ways friendship evolves.

As in any project, there were fits and starts.You can read more about those HERE. Eventually it became clear that the book's subject was not just friendship but the material nature of memory. Precise detail mixed with tattered scraps. Vivid minutiae emerging beside hazy widescreen landscapes. Friendship like memory is an iridescent, impermanent fabric we hold onto as best we can.

The Fabric of Memory or Friendship Recalled, A Last Seacoast Book. ©Ariel Swartley 2024.
8 inches by 6 inches 20 pages, semi-hard cover layflat book, printed on lustre paper over substrate. $60. Plus shipping.
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