Lucille Moroni

Before beginning her ‘book-folding’ projects, Lucille Moroni worked using textiles for many years. She first saw a book with folded pages in a shop window in Lyons and knew at once that this was something for her. She prefers to work with 19th century church books and missals. Every time it is a challenge to fold the pages to correspond with the contours of the gilded decorations on the pages.

What appeals to me in Moroni's work, besides the beautiful craftsmanship, is that she works with old church books. I'm assuming she's not using bibles, but 'transforming' religious books might still be considered risky by some. Since she is not cutting up any of the pages, her work is on a safer ground, so to speak.

The fact that she worked with textiles for a long time before starting to experiment with books is also interesting. Is this a switch of medium or just the materials?