Lynn Setterington – textile artist
Exhibition. Textiles: The Art of Mankind
fashion + textile museum 28 March – 7 September 2025
Connecting Threads is a showcase of my key works and links to my new book of the same name. It opens at the fashion + textile museum, Bermondsey St, London SE1 3XF 28 March – 7 September. The Art of Mankind is the overarching ethnographic textile curated by renowned art historian Mary Scheoser MA FRSA.
About
I am a UK-based textile artist. I create tactile social history documents with local and global communities, raising awareness of social issues and the overlooked. In the 1990s, I gained recognition for my hand-sewn embroideries and kantha quilts. My work is held in major museum and private collections and I have undertaken numerous commissions. My PhD from UCA draws on E.P. Thompson's "history from below." It is focused on the sewn signature as a method and approach, old and new.
Connecting Threads
Tactile social history
My new book describes my life in stitch and details how an artist-embroiderer works, how projects are managed and some of the hurdles encountered in socially engaged practice.
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Take a look at my work
My textile work has developed and evolved over many years. It comprises several distinct yet overlapping themes including Kantha, Signature Cloths, Mental Health, Construction and Sustainability.
“Embroidery today is celebrated, practised and appreciated by people from all different backgrounds and walks of life, and its value as a connecting thread and vital accessible global communication tool is finally being recognised.”
Lynn Setterington – Textile Artist