Resting Stitch Face NYC was started by me (Carol Paik) and my daughter (Meredith Slifkin) in 2017.
I started making the stitch faces because I wanted to do something creative without having to sequester myself in a studio, and also because I had boxes full of scrap material that I’d saved over the years that I wanted to use up. Ironically, because of this project I’ve now acquired more fabric than I had when I started, but at least I also now have an excuse. I have a rule that the stitch faces must only be made of stuff that would otherwise be discarded. Each stitch face is a one-off, unique, label-defying individual.
After I had made a few, my daughter, Meredith, who is a photographer and filmmaker, and I thought it would be fun to photograph them around NYC, our home city that we both adore. Meredith initially did all the photography for the blog, but then she abandoned me to go to school and I had to learn how to use a non-cellphone camera. She still insists on editing the photographs whenever possible, and does her best to prevent me from posting mediocre-quality images. Once she left, I was faced with having to go around the city all by myself posing and photographing the stitch faces, which was super weird and not that fun: fortunately for me, dear friends stepped in to help. Resting Stitch Face NYC owes a great deal to all those wonderful people.
Gracie loves Jane’s Carousel, and she’s not alone: when she visits on a summer morning, the other riders include small children with caregivers, middle-aged women, and a bride and bridegroom in full regalia having their photographs taken. She thinks it’s far too hot to be …read more
The Staten Island Ferry is one of the most popular tourist attractions in New York City. The views are iconic, the ferry is orange, there’s a snack stand on board, and the ride is free— what more could a tourist possibly want? However, the majority …read more
Actually, the Shakespeare play for which Rose Robin is lining up in the rain is not the The Tempest, it’s Twelfth Night, but The Tempest seems an appropriate title for this post. Waiting in line for free Shakespeare in the Park tickets is a summer ritual …read more
The relentless weather has taken on a surreal quality for Coco. She feels disoriented, and can no longer tell which end is up. Or perhaps she’s just visiting the M. C. Escher exhibit at Industry City. It feels like an appropriate thing to do on …read more
The Plaza Hotel is probably recognizable to most from the movies—the site of abductions, confrontations, chance reunions, hijinks by precocious children—used as an evocative backdrop by writers from F. Scott Fitzgerald to Neil Simon. Trista regards the Plaza as a lovely place for afternoon tea …read more
Here is Perdita visiting the subjects of one of her favorite childhood books. The message of The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge, by Hildegarde H. Swift and Lynd Ward (1942), is that infrastructure has feelings, too. Well, that’s one message. Perdita relates …read more
Every summer, NYC Parks shows free outdoor movies throughout the city. Utah loves to watch movies outdoors on a warm evening, with a backdrop of darkening sky and, eventually, stars. There are a number of movies to choose from. She decides on Splash, because it’s set …read more
On a scorchingly hot July day, Solstice sets out early to do some exploring uptown. Here she is on the High Bridge, NYC’s oldest standing bridge, built in the mid-19th century (predating the Brooklyn Bridge by some 30 years). The High Bridge links the Washington …read more
