Grab a brew, make yourself comfortable, and get ready to be inspired

This collection of inspiring stories and work brings together the huge array of approaches that our communities have used within textiles, to help us process and respond to the challenging circumstances we have faced as the global pandemic hit us in March 2020. Stories filled with emotion told through embroidery, home furnishings and textile art as well as PPE and community projects.

Researched and created by textile artist Nicola Twynham, commissioned by Woven, this celebrates, commemorates, and demonstrates our resilience, our hopefulness, and the powerful experiences we’ve all had through the narrative of textiles.

All contributors are members of our communities and have been able to tell their stories in as much or as little detail as they are comfortable with. It is an eclectic mix but certainly represents the challenges and hugely emotional experiences that we have all lived through. Most images were taken on phones, ‘in the moment’ at a time when an exhibition was far from their thoughts, but I think it adds to the authenticity of this collection.

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