“During Dickinson’s intense writing period (1858-1864), she copied more than 800 of her poems into small booklets, forty in all, now called “fascicles.” Dickinson made the small volumes herself from folded sheets of paper that she stacked and then bound by stabbing two holes on the left side of the paper and tying the stacked sheets with string.”
- The Manuscripts, Emily Dickinson Museum


Fascicles is an attempt to honour the circular process of all creative work. The piercing quality of Emily Dickinson's fascicles comes, in part, from the fingerprints she left while crafting them. This digital space is a response to the presence Dickinson exhibited during each stage of creating her fascicles. We see this presence from birth of an idea to its execution as an ethos, proving deep value to the parts of creating that go undocumented. In response, Fascicles showcases the conscious documentation of all creative forces, driving from the belief that our fingerprints are everywhere.
Fascicles is a resource for all. As if to say “here is where my work comes from, now use it for yourself.” Operating as a mirror, Fascicles asks you to turn toward the unseen, handmade and secretive foundations of your creativity with new eyes.
IT’S ALL SOIL
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