Amy Boone-McCreesh’s newest works on paper borrow size and format from cloth napkins, all measuring roughly 20” x 20”. The domestic sphere has been a consistent source of inspiration for her, as she continues work to visually untangle notions around decoration as it relates to the ways we inhabit spaces and hone visual taste. Sewing samplers of the 18th and 19th centuries have also become centers of interest in Boone-McCreesh’s new work. Samplers were not only a way to practice domestic skills, but also to display what a woman had to offer a spouse or household. Samplers have been described as an indication of the future management of a girl’s household and significant in domestic education. Colors, materials, and the forms the samplers and needlework took could be determined by class and wealth, indicating access to resources. Markers of personal importance like a woman’s age and year of creation are mirrored in Boone-McCreesh’s contemporary samplers, referencing her own existence as an artist and woman working in the 21st century. She humorously and softly takes aim at the absurdity of living in Western culture in the modern world. 
Boone-McCreesh has long been loyal to collage based processes and the precarious nature of this work- the rough and sometimes chaotic ways in which pieces come together parallel a lack of preciousness and ‘get it done’ attitude often embraced in the home; found in mending, fixing, and patching with handiwork, all while attempting to maintain a sense of self.