Resilient Stitch is an exploration of the notion of resilience in textile art and its importance for mental wellbeing, community cohesion and engagement with the environment. It contains mindful and practical stitch exercises using techniques such as piecing and patching, mending, tying and binding, and natural dyeing ideas. It also includes a postscript written in the first phase of the Covid-19 crisis that reflects on this project.
Beautifully illustrated with photographs by Michael Wicks it features work by myself, by community groups and contributions from international artists Lynn Setterington, Raisa Kabir, Amy Meissener, Willemein De Villiers, Alice Kettle, Ruth Singer, Bridget Harvey and Angela Maddock.