Emma Crabtree
Emma Crabtree is a London-based artist and illustrator interested in book design and publishing as creative practice. She edits and designs AYFP (A Yarn & Fibre Publication), a DIY magazine publishing research- and practice-led writing about textiles and craft.
Emma Crabtree, Touchstone, LAP Books, 2020 © Emma Crabtree
Touchstone investigates the interplay between taste and material surroundings. Like a living organism, the work grows, shifts, and spirals inwards on itself.
An animated text in the form of museum-like captions invites the reader to question which precedes the other - text or image.
Emma Crabtree, Emily Mahoney, Chloe Green, Bea Ambery, A Moment in the Sun: Cataloguing the Poor Image, Self-Published, 2024 © Emma Crabtree, Emily Mahoney, Chloe Green, Bea Ambery
A Moment in the Sun: Cataloguing the Poor Image is a publication investigating the imagery on Facebook Marketplace.
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Ed. Emma Crabtree, 30 Contributors, AYFP Issue 1, Self-Published, Emma Crabtree, 2023 © Ed. Emma Crabtree, 30 Contributors
A.Y.F.P (A Yarn & Fibre Publication) is a DIY self-publishing project dedicated to yarn and fibre crafts. Issue #1 includes work from over 30 contributors, spanning essays, interviews, patterns & resources.
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