Book: Connecting Threads: Tactile Social History

• Pages: 112
• Dimensions: 240x170mm

The projects described in this book range from tiny colourful hand embroidered fragments recording everyday life in South London and Yorkshire, to monumental, site-specific banners made with construction workers in the north of England.

As a collection it describes the author’s life in stitch and details how an artist-embroiderer works and thinks creatively, how projects are managed and take shape and some of the hurdles encountered in socially engaged practice. The author includes a section on running community workshops.