Threads of Life by Clare Hunter

Threads of Life by Clare Hunter

A globe-spanning history of sewing, embroidery, and the people who have used a needle and thread to make their voices heard  In 1970s Argentina, mothers marched in headscarves embroidered with the names of their &;disappeared&; children. In Tudor, England, when Mary, Queen of Scots, was under house arrest, her needlework carried her messages to the outside world. From the political propaganda of the Bayeux Tapestry, World War I soldiers coping with PTSD, and the maps sewn by schoolgirls in the New World, to the AIDS quilt, Hmong story clothes, and pink pussyhats, women and men have used the language of sewing to make their voices heard, even in the most desperate of circumstances.  Threads of Life is a chronicle of identity, protest, memory, power, and politics told through the stories of needlework. Clare Hunter, master of the craft, threads her own narrative as she takes us over centuries and across continents&;from medieval France to contemporary Mexico and the United States, and from a POW camp in Singapore to a family attic in Scotland&;to celebrate the age-old, universal, and underexplored beauty and power of sewing. Threads of Life is an evocative and moving book about the need we have to tell our story.

Clare Hunter has sewn since she was a child. She has been a banner maker, community textile artist, and textile curator for over 20 years and established the community enterprise NeedleWorks in Glasgow. She was a recipient of a Creative Scotland Award in 2016. She lives near Stirling in Scotland.

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ISBN 13	9781419739538
ISBN 10	1419739530
Title	Threads of Life
Author	Clare Hunter
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Abrams
Year published	2019-10-15
Number of pages	306
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