A collaboration with two diverse primary schools in Burnley and involved parents, grandparents and carers. Each child stitched their name in either English or Bengali with help from family members.
Published: 17th August 2010
Themes: collaborative, identity, text
This is a ongoing partnership project with Chrysalis Arts and the North Yorkshire County Records Office in Northallerton. I am investigating these amazing, rich archives to uncover untold stories and new information about my home area of Selby in North Yorkshire. I have focused my attention is on the old toll bridge and its history. […]
Published: 28th January 2021
Themes: autobiography, collaborative, commission, crafts, engagement, exhibition identity, research Yorkshire
My new article connected to this project will be published in early 2021 the Journal of Arts and Community as part of the second Stitching Together special edition. This project challenges stereo types surrounding embroidery practice, working with a group of 15 boys at Burnage Academy in Manchester. It is one in a series of […]
Published: 28th January 2021
Themes: Bangladesh, collaborative, crafts, engagement, film, handmade, identity, signature, text
During the first lockdown I began posting items from my hand embroidery archive online; a mix of objects I had collected or been given over the years. This reminded me of people and past events and reunited me with friends old and new, online and led to a series of posts documenting past work and […]
Published: 21st January 2021
Themes: autobiography, Bangladesh, collaborative, commission, crafts, domestic embroidery exhibition handmade, identity, quilt, research text
I am delighted to have been awarded the 2020 Textile Society critical writing award for ‘An Embroidered Elegy; Mrs Scales Autograph Cloth’. This research from the viewpoint of an embroiderer uncovered the maker and making of a 1936 stitched fundraiser made in Robin Hood’s Bay in North Yorkshire. The article is published in the current […]
Published: 21st June 2020
Themes: autobiography, collaborative, crafts, domestic embroidery engagement, identity, signature, text Yorkshire
Scaffolding for Life, a new initiative has seen its first iteration following a successful bid as part of the Arts Council’s, Creative Practice award. Working with Conlon construct and charity Mates in Mind, this patchwork installation on Ormond Building at Manchester Metropolitan University explores ways to destigmatise issues related to poor mental health. The phrase, […]
Published: 31st January 2020
Themes: collaborative, crafts, embroidery engagement, health and well being identity, quilt, research text
Lynn Setterington is an internationally recognised artist working in the textiles arena. Her work explores contemporary issues in society and how stitch can be used to commemorate people and communities. Her quilts and cloths are held in many major public museums including the V&A, Crafts Council, IQSC and Whitworth Art Gallery.
In the 1990’s she became known for her use of kantha embroidery and quilts. Since the 2000’s she has used textiles as a method to share with and commemorate communities and celebrate the everyday. In 2010 she began an extensive study of an overlooked aspect of social history and folk art in the form of signature cloths, working with groups in the US, India, Bangladesh and the UK.
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