The Subversive Stitch: Embroidery and the Making of the Feminine

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Nothing much has changed, except what men blame on women's 'demise' (by not doing embroidery will lead to abandon of morals). The use of carpet being transferred to the wall and hung as an artwork also challenges the expected use and display of an everyday, functional material. And, finally, in design’s predominantly male, and society’s patriarchal, environment Joseph McBrinn documents the men who are deemed inferior because they do needlework and vice versa. McBrinn's] present-day analyses are the liveliest, unpicking long-held notions of femininity and masculinity within the field of cultural production.

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As well as giving a fantastic history of embroidery (mostly in England), each chapter opens up a million more rabbit holes of textile artists and movements to be explored! The title is taken from the 1984 book by feminist art historian Rozsika Parker ‘The Subversive Stitch – Embroidery and the Making of the Feminine’, and subsequent 1988 touring exhibition in Manchester at the Whitworth and Cornerhouse curated by Pennina Barnett. The Subversive Stitch" is now available again with a new Introduction that brings the book up to date with exploration of the stitched art of Louise Bourgeois and Tracey Emin, as well as the work of new young female and male embroiderers.The use and sometimes interesting changes to embroidery are interesting, the fashion, the pride and the perception all make it a very useful document.

The Subversive Stitch Revisited

It fell into the series of ‘Mending’ projects she has hosted before as a way to meet strangers through their clothes and discuss care.Dear Rebecca – Thank for putting this title on my radar (non-native to UK – and thus not fully versed in must reads…. Gal Leshem’s soft hanging fabric sculpture 'And She is a Mummer and Queen' takes its title from Natan Alterman's 1957 poem ‘The Spinner’.