CREDITS
ACCESS
Embroidered at Access Space open-source, open-access media lab, Sheffield, UK, co-ordinated by Abi Gibbens. Stitched by Abi Gibbens, Marie Brian, Trish Bater, Vyctoria Hart, Martyn Eggleton, Anthony Padgett, Stephanie Sturges, Helena Reynolds, Lizzie Dye, Joe Pritchard, Nicole, Janet Dowling, Reka Takacs, Steve Withington, Emma Woodrow, Gary Manton, Lisa Hollands, Mr X-stitch.
BANDWIDTH
This term will be stitched as part of 'We Are Commoners’ a CraftSpace touring exhibition. The title page for Bandwidth was stitched by Annie Yakutis in California.
CODE
Embroidered at The National Museum of Computing, Bletchley Park, UK, 2011. Co-ordinated by Lin Jones. Stitched by: Ele Carpenter, Jill Clarke, Marie Baker, Dorothy Allison, Lucy Proudman, Mark Jones, Sadie Evans, Joanne Nash, Fill Felton, Linda Empson, Joy Chapman, Frances Allison.
DATA
The embroidery was started at Being Human, Goldsmiths University of London, and was completed at Mozfest 2018. Stitched by: Sandra Meek, Linda Sandvik, Cyrielle Andre, Dimitra Gkitsa, Irene Montemurro, Aisling Blythe, Cecily Rainey, Derula O’Brien, Sabina Aziz, Mia Zamora, Michael Feyereisen, Hannah Chutzpah, Charlene Lam, Tatiana Disu, Laura Rojas, Shophie H., Danielle Robinson, Kate Twomby, Alex Hemming, Xi Jia, Asta Helgadottir, Lianie Deloursy, Abeer Irfan, Angela Plohman, Kristina Shu, Winnie Makokha, Nella Aarne, Sam Simth, Alexandra Bourariu, Rachel Coldicutt, Melissa Kline, James Pollard, Kirstie Whitaker, Caroline Clark, Sinead Kierron, Leah Bannon, Ciera Martinez, Abdullah Elias,Phoebe Man, Sonia Ali, Eimer Farrell, Carolina Ongaro, Imwen Eke, Blessing Ajagun, Anne-marie Scott.
ENSEMBLE
Stitched at Cafe Crema, New Cross, London, 2011-2012. Co-ordinated by Ele Carpenter. Stitched by: Jess O’Farrell, Hwa Gui Hoang, Olga Pukhafera, Carla Cruz, Sadie Moriarty,Claire Cooper, Sharon, Petra Lauder, Lorna Jackson, Soohye Baik, Amy Watson, Katia Zatuliveter, Kenza Worrall-Hagon, Anna Babini, Neil Jefferies, Nella Aarne, Sonia Ali, Claire Craig, Katy Okisz, Mary McCarthy, Harriet Hughes, Anne Birtchnell, Anja Isable Schneider, Nella Milic, Irita Ozolina. Finished by Brenda Burrell, Courtney King, Mami Mizushina, and Camille Reynolds.
FRACTAL
The Mr X Stitch Family created this term facilitated by Katherine Freddie Fitton and self-proclaimed manbroiderer Jamie Chalmers. Stitched by: Jennifer Andrews, Alison Bancroft, Jessica Barnard, Mark Bieraugel, Claire Brown, Janeice Connors, Karen Corday, Katherine Fitton, Jen Funk Weber, Rosanna Geissler, Maria Holmerin Nord, Sophy Johnson, Lindsay Joy, Poppy Keegan, Daniell Kinder, Renee King, Maddison Langford, Adrian Martin, Rebecca Martz-Burley, Robin New, Nikki Overcash, Josie Ray, Julie Robertson, Jo Stafferton, Joy Shannon, Alaina Varrone, Nicole Vos Aventhe, Mary Warns, Jessica Worley, Annie, Diana, Fati.
GIFT
The embroidery was started at the Oppen Sjunta exhibition at Handarbetets Galleri, curated by Margareta Klingberg, Stockholm, September 2010. And completed by the KHB Gift Project, Berlin-Weissensee School of Art, Facilitated by David Littler, May 2012. Stitched by: Marie Sundberg, Brigitte Ho, Tove Horner, Jenna Ervasti, Michael Svedberg, James Hutchinson, Jane Karlsson Tenqvar, Irita Ozolina, Ilan Katashima, Anna Maria Eiderbrant, Lisa adn Sophie, Jingsi Li, Johanna Pettersson, Ayumi Ayabe, Margaret Fea Zollinger, Andreas Kallfelz, David Littler, Emese Bencur, Linda Letius, Carla Zimmer. The students also embroidered the Lexicon crossword.
HETEROGENEOUS
Sewn by All My Independent Women (AMIW) an art project by Carla Cruz, at VBKOE Vienna, Nov 2011. Stitched by: Projecto Gentileza, Veronika Persche, Julia Otto, Angela Wiedermann, Andre Alves, Vanessa Otto, Nina Hoechtl, Filipa Alves, Carla Cruz, Nina.
ITERATION
Embroidered by a virtual band of stitchers in Ireland, facilitated by Stitch Lily of the The Wollyway. The title page was embroidered by Orla Breslin in Ireland.
JOURNAL
Stitched in Dundee, 10-11 March, 2018, Wellgate Shopping Centre, as part of NEoN. Join the Facebook group here. Co-ordinated by Susie Buchan. Stitched by: Janey, Donna, Flo, Ele, Kirsty, Helen, Jessie, Rhoda, Daisy, Poppy, Alex, Karolina, Branwin, Emilie, Rhona, Amelie, Gillian, Fiona, James, Eleanor, Susie, Alison, Laura, Fiona, Sarah, Dan, Fin.
KERNEL
Kernel was completed at Access Space. Stitched by Chantal Whittingham, Ruthie Ford, Gilly Pearce, Geoffrey Albinston, Tillie Don, Bob Levene, Eileen O’Connell, Charlotte Morgan, Javeed Azhari, Pat Bartram, Kristina Nitsolova, Harriet Lowe, Tim Beighton, Jennie, Natasha, Mikaela Flemming ,Nicola Smalley, Helen Lowe, Ellen McLeod, Steve Withington, Theo Parmakis, Becca Faulkner, Grace Parry, Fiona Nicholson, Emma Woodrow, Dan Massey, Minnie Martingdale.
LIMINAL
Co-ordinated by Brenda Burrell and a network of stitchers across the UK. Stitched by: Brenda Burrell, Gill Cawley, Connie Coates, Anne Cummins,Kari Gibson, Laura Goodman, Laura Hegarty, Pauline Armstrong Hughes, Karolina Maciagowska, Jill O’Neill, Sy Delta Parker, Catherine Ruocco, Isabella Streffen, Jill Sullivan, Paula Turner, Louise Underwood, Debra Wilson, Emma Wright.
MEME
The embroidery of the Meme text was started at Furtherfield Gallery, as part of the 'Being Social' exhibition, 2012, and continued at the FLOSSIE conference, Queen Mary University May 25-26th 2012. Faciltiated by Emilie Giles with Unwooly knitting/craft circle and MzTEK. This is a long text, and there's lots of patches to complete. Stitched by: Hayley Strang, Ele Carpenter, Andrea La Porte, Keith Simpson, Alice Clough, Alex Varleywinter, Emilie Giles, Lorna Hoey, Laura Voss, Beryl Graham, Julie Johnson, Odolena, Pat Meadham, Sophie Morris, Sally Brammall, Lucy Bannister, Hilary Goldsmith, Cat Jones, Eilona, Daphne Turnbull, Ruth Catlow, Alessandra Scapin, Rich White, Beccy Fellows, Frankie Richens, Sarah Wood,Ben Fields, Olga Mascdo, Di McDonald, Tatiana Crisan, Ximena, Anna Moins, Cornelia Boldyreff, Megan Ronceros, Alisha Dsouza, Odelena, Xuying Hung, Amber Thomas,Mariana Carranza.
NODES
Stitched by the Women Writers' Network in Belgrade April 2011, and Chawton House Library, November 2011. Stitched by Hendrik Schlieper, Kerstin Wiedermann, Viola Parente-Capkova, Ele Carpenter, Naata Bobicic, Isabel Lousada, Polina Milojevic, Elisa Muller-Adams, Jelena Vukicevic, Jenny Bergenmar, Ileana Milhaile, Annette Kalhaue, Suzan, Nicole Pohl, Henriette Partzsch, Astrid Kulsdom, Olivera Jankovic, Biljana Dojcinovic, Gillian Dow, Kim Heuvelmans, Anne Birgitte Ronning, Monica Burguera, Alessa Johns, Sutu, Nancy Isenberg, Ursula Phillips, Romona Mihaila.
ORBIT
Co-ordinated by Sharon Hall Shipp and the Sewing Orbit Group, Sussex, England 2013.
Stitched by: Sharon Hall Shipp, Letitia Tunstall, Jenny Wilson, Alison Eliis-Martin, Peggy Langdown, Judy Adams, Judith Whiteman, Lisa Davies,Marie Meakings, Richard Shipp, Liz Chamberlain, Jean Carus, Rebecca de Saintonge, Jocelyn Leigh, Linda Pocock, and Anne Trevor.
PORTABILITY
This term is being stiched as part of 'We Are Commoners’ a CraftSpace touring exhibtion 2021-22. Facilitated by Craftspace and students from the MFA Curating at Goldsmiths University of London: Camille Reynolds, Courtney King and Mami Mizushina. Stitchers: Umut Augustin, Sheena Lone, Samantha Rodell, Julia Gilbert, Camilla Huber, Rhiannon Davies, Esther, Naomi Cross, Tia Parmar, Jade Durling, Anne Cummins, Penfia Rodrigues, Ruth Laughlin, Sheila Barnes, Rebecca Hui, Jacqui Walker, Kiki Wong, Christabel Wong, Claire Witcomb, Tia Bhayat, Nasim Akhtar, Zarda Bi, Ghulam Zakia, Shamsun Parvin, Dilwara Khanam, Ruya Khatun, Adeeba Yasin, Amy Li, Jutta Stahlhacke, Donna Claxton. The title patch was embroidered by Helena Swatton.
QUOTIDIAN
Stitched by two friends connecting between the northeast and the southwest of England: Suzanne Hardy and Yolande Knight.
RESCENSION
Embroidered at the Digital Humanities 2010 Conference, Kings College London, July 2010. Co-ordinated by Ele Carpenter. Stitched by: Marcus Bingenheimer, Marion Lame, Miguel Viera, Suzan van Dijk, Susan Garfunkel, Andreia Carvalho, Charlene Lam, Jennifer Lo, Bethany Nowviskie, Geoffey M Rockwell, Jana Remy, Dacos Marin, Judith Bullet, Vanessa Davies, Helen Moore, Barbara Bordalejo, Orla Murphy, Jana Igunma, Julia Flanders, Gerard Briscoe, Willard McCarty, Eleonora Litta, Sophie McDonald, Katie Szosta, Anna Mikulec, Kari Kraus, Laura Mandell, Tanya Clement, Barbara Bajak, Valentina Ascuitti, Kimberly Tryka, H Ulman, Paticia Claeyer, Helen Aguera, Carrie van de Langenberg, Anouk Lang, Paul Spence, Lisa Swanstrom, Paul Arthur, Melanie SchlossermLorna Hughes, Asuka Ota, Seolene Tarte.
SITE
Embroidered by Radical Cross Stitch (Rayna Fahey) and Public Assembly (Lynda Roberts) as part of the Sculpture Now!?! exhibition at the Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Melbourne, Australia; and other stitchers around the world. Stitched by Rayner Fahey, Helen Braun, Ange Leech, Annie Yakutis, David Waters, Gennivieve Collier, Jane Brownrigg, Rachel Baker, Hannah Stewart, Helena Swatton, Gemma Bardley, Jodie Goldring, Mette Reitzel, Annie Yakutis, and Ele’s mum Di McDonald. Finished by Brenda Burrell, Suzanne Hardy, Ele Carpenter, and others.
TOOLS
Embroidered at MadLab as part of the exhibition 'Analogue is the New Digital', Manchester, Oct 2010. Stitched by: Alex Hodby, Milton Milaras, Simon Blackmore, Sally Fort, Phoebe Myers, Irit Narkiss, Liz Kenny, Alex Millard, Rebecca Shatwell, Megan Crouse, Hwa Young Jung, Kate Brandon, Rachel Elwell, Sid Volter, Marie Pattison, Kandry Diamond, Jennifer Dean, Latoyah Gill, Fran Regan.
UBIQUITY
Embroidered at FadFest Open Design / Shared Creativity Conference, Barcelona, July 2012, with support from the BAU School of Design. Co-ordianted by Ele Carpenter, Eva Alonso and Maria Farrras. Stitched by: Sara Rubio, Isabel Pacho, Cartha Miguel, Jorde Mira, Eva Moya, Mireia Cases, Isable Lopez, Eulalia Coma, Lisa Parrish, Eva Alija, Anu Koski, Katharina Moebus, Laia Hock, Alexandrea Rodriguez, Teresa Campoy Llaudo, Monte Serra, Anna Prats, Teresa Ruiz, Merce Campus, Viviana Narotzky, Laura Padrisa, Sandra Yelo, Anna Llacer, Karol Bergeret, Claudia Cunha, Jenny Lalwani, Laia Cuevas, Ines Vitas, Janna Lochen.
VECTOR
Vector was stitched at the Open Source Embroidery Digital Drop In, Power of Making exhibition, V&A Museum, London, 10 September 2011. Co-ordinated by Ele Carpenter. Stitched by: Rowan Blount, Iris Sebba, Karin Cooper, Nasus Martin, Ellie Austen, Lindsay Flood, Kate Donoghue, Rhiannon, Bella and Zachary Sharp, Nadia Arbach, Natalie Ryde, Alex Flowers, Sarah M’Cann, Patricia Rees, Lucy Wickens, Lucy Higton Durrrant, Brenda Burrell, Jill Schumacher, Ailsa Miller, Aidan Blount, Adrienne Wyper, Colleen Hillman, Olivia Seddon, C. Knowles.
WEB
This term is co-ordinated through the Embroidered Digital Commons Face Book Group. Ongoing 2012-17. Stitchers: Clare Hughes, Sharon Hall Shipp, Dianne Barry, Laura Hegarty, Brenda Burrell, Liz Cooper, Elizabeth Lee, Helena Swatton, Abi Nielson, and Bernadette Buckley.
XENOPHILLY
This is the only term stitched by machine, digitally translating handwritten text into electronic embroidery. A partnership between Rose Sinclair, Design Dept, and Ele Carpenter, Art Dept, Goldsmiths University of London. Handwriting and stitches by: Rose Sinclair, Nella Aarne, Dimitra Gkitsa, Katy Orkisz, Nathalie Boobis, Lucy Lopez, Ele Carpenter, Cecily Rainey, Sol Polo.
YARN
Embroidered at HUMlab, University of Umea, Sweden, 2008-9. Exhibited in Open Source Embroidery, Bildmuseet 2009, and the Museum of Craft & Folk Art, San Francisco, USA, 2010. Stitched by: Gabriel Adauto, Riikka Antilla, Maria Bjurestam, Ele Carpenter, Stefan Gelgren, Abi Gibbens, Ida Hansson, Alex Hodby, Charlotte Höberg, Caroline Kelley, Margareta Klingberg, Charlene Lam, Marianne Laimer, Cecilia Lindhé, Marita Nilsson, Ingrid Ogenstedt, Camilla Påhlsson, Jean-Lois Proust, Carl Rehnberg, Erica Robles, Gunilla Samberg, Maria Sundström, Amanda Thackray, Hillevi Wadensten, and Maria Wiklund.
ZONE
Faciltated by ArtYarn 'Analogue is the New Digital' curated by Simon Blackmore and Andrea Zapp, AND Festival, Manchester, October 2010. Stitched by: Charlotte Bacci, Katie Brandon, Jo Burton, Ele Carpenter, Jane Deschner, Dawn Elwell, Rachael Elwell, Jan Willem de Fockert, Sally Fort, Sarah Al Haddad, Lulu Hankin, Alex Hodby, Adamandia Kapsalis, Liz Kenney, Heather Kerr, Marianne Laimer, Silke Lambers, Judy Lambert, Maggie Lister, Marie Pattison, Steph Peters, Carrie Reast, Jen Southern, Carol Taylor, Laura Ward, Rebecca Aimee Lanyon Willmott, Katie.
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Concept by Ele Carpenter
Text by Raqs Media Collective
Photography and web design by Darren Banks
Slideshow coding by Rod Dikinson