VALERIE MARCUS RAMSHUR
COSTUME DESIGN

I’ve always been enamored with thread. As a metaphor. As an object. As a gesture of connection. This week, as I pulled apart fabric swatches by hand, I discovered the quiet complexity hiding in their fibers—unexpected color pairings, subtle shifts, layered histories. What began as a meditation became research. These deconstructed threads, tangled and shimmering on my desk, remind me that everything—textiles, stories, people—is stronger when woven together

Vestments of the Invisible: A Triptych. Wound (Red), Witness (White), and Warrior (Black). These reliquaries of lived experience. provide protection through presence, transformation, and remembrance.

What if memory could be worn? What if a geographical place could be stitched into form?15th-century heraldic tabards become the canvas for contemporary storytelling. Blending costume history, site-specific photography, and layered textile design.

“Librarians aren’t just resources, they’re co-conspirators in creative thinking, supporting both precision and productive wandering.”  ...

Before I ever stitched or wove, I began with color.  As the year winds down, I am continuing to share some of the many projects and paths...

Abstract figures crafted from colorful paint chips evoke and transformation in the "Paper Army Series." Paper can be fragile — but it can...

INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE: Threaded Paths: An International Textile Initiative- 🧵 Call for Submissions: — no experience necessary. I’d...

Woven Narratives: Paper, Memory, and the Spaces Between This post discusses incorporating narrative into Aerial Rorschach through paper...

Some views require distance to make sense. Aerial Shot over Zurich, Switzerland As a child, I was captivated by the window seat of an...