At the center of Deborah Valoma's work is academic research, which informs both her creative, writing, teaching, and archival practices. Leveraging the rapport between text and textile, Deborah creates an integrated vernacular. In her thread work, she often cites religious, theoretical, and historical sources implicitly or explicitly. She considers weaving as a form writing and writing as a form of weaving. Like weaving, language builds a cohesive yet dynamic whole from disparate, yet equal, parts. Lines act as threads, units of meaning act as connecting points, and pauses act as voids.
