Carol FitzSimonds will be talking about how Mark Twain’s work Letters from the Earth led her to create 3 books, which took her over a year to take from inspiration to concept, to design, and finally to the execution. Those interested in her work will learn about the techniques she used to create the works themselves.

Elizabeth Goddard will talk about how she arrived at her concept for the quilt after reading Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, what deliberate design decisions, techniques and images went into its production and why Twain’s quote is relevant today.

Barbara Pagh states, “As a lithographer, I have been interested in the ability to print variations from the same set of plates or stones. So I often work in a series rather than producing an edition. In this set of one-of-a-kind prints I worked with the quotation, images of Isabella Beecher Hooker and Mark Twain, and a decorative pattern from the foyer of the Mark Twain House. Each plate was printed in two color variations and then they were collaged onto handmade paper. Gold and violet are colors of the suffragette movement.”