Stitching freedom /

"For centuries, people have stitched in good times and in bad, finding strength in the needle moving in and out of fabric. Stitching Freedom explores the embroidery made in prisons and mental health hospitals - those who have embroidered to distract, to reflect or to calm. From Mary, Queen of Scots...

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Main Author:	Rosner, Isabella (Author)
Other Authors:	Copeland, Takako (Illustrator)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	[United Kingdom] : Common Threads Press, 2024.
Subjects:	Prisoners as artists > History. Embroidery > Therapeutic use. Embroidery > Social aspects. Arts in prisons > Mental health. Prisoners as artists. Embroidery. Social aspects. Arts in prisons. Mental health. History.
Summary:	"For centuries, people have stitched in good times and in bad, finding strength in the needle moving in and out of fabric. Stitching Freedom explores the embroidery made in prisons and mental health hospitals - those who have embroidered to distract, to reflect or to calm. From Mary, Queen of Scots to Lorina Bulwer, embroidery historian and curator Isabella Rosner unpicks twelve embroidered histories to discover what can be created when freedom is out of reach."--