Portfolio Vol 26: Annet Couwenberg (USA) Elissa Auther, Adam Lerner & Debra Rubino Published by Telos Arts Annet Couwenberg makes elegantly obsessive objects which subtly entwine the private and the social, the monumental and the familiar. Couwenberg works with materials generally associated with the domestic, such as cloth, lace, feathers and flocking. Her pieces, which require weeks of painstaking and meticulous handwork, can be read as a celebration of the hand and of female labour, as well as an exploration of patience, time and devotion. Her work involves the intense precision of sewing, tucking, pleating and embroidering, reminding us that a narrowing to detail and an insistence on small, intimate gestures have traditionally been the creative work space of women. For Couwenberg, that space is enlarged to include guardianship of family and family history, and the culture of her Dutch origins. [Laura Burns]. The Textile Directory Bookstore postal charges: UK 1 book = £2.50 2 books = £4.50 3 books = £7.00 4 books or more = £9.00 Overseas 1 book = £6.00 2 books = £10.00 3 books = £14.00 4 books or more = £18.00 Price: £9.95