Today, I’m presenting you with a different kind of book review.

A Kaleidoscope of Goldwork Butterflies is a project and technique book published by Alison Cole last year. It’s a beautiful book, with beautiful projects in it.

At the same time, it’s a special book. It was published and is being sold to raise funds to support medical research for a condition called NORSE (New Onset Refractory Status Epilepticus), which tragically took the life of Alison’s daughter, Bek, in 2023.

I’m going to let Alison tell us about this, but I’ll be giving you a glimpse of the projects in the book, as well as the instructional content you can expect from it.

As with all of Alison’s books (like Goldwork Masterclass reviewed here and Stumpwork Masterclass reviewed here), the instruction is excellent and the projects are exquisite.