Connecting Threads brings together 12 of Setterington’s textile projects that took place between 1981 and 2024. These social history documents provide tactile evidence of untold stories, people and places through stitch. Lynn’s wide-ranging body of work is both personal and political.
Formats range from tiny colourful hand embroidered fragments, which record everyday life in South London and Yorkshire, to monumental site-specific banners made with construction workers in the north of England.
Many of her large-scale projects involve local communities and groups to physically produce the pieces.
Together, her works describe a life in stitch and detail how an artist/embroiderer works and thinks creatively; how projects take shape and are managed and some of the hurdles encountered in socially engaged practice.
The publication encompasses themes of identity and belonging, health and wellbeing, sustainability, community cohesion and social inequality, and offers sensory testaments of life today.
There will be a book launch event on 23rd Jan 2025 at the Whitworth Gallery, Manchester including a Q&A with Lynn. This event is now available to book on the Whitworth event page. Or you can order your very own copy to enjoy.
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