Please watch this. It was previewed at the London Design Festival this week at the Fine Cell Work pop-up shop in London. (I chaired the panel debate after – it was a LOT of fun.)
Stitched Stories, by Rachel Tavenor, features the following: Neil, a former prisoner whose life was changed by FCW, Sarah Corbett, the founder of the Craftivist Collective, and Jessica Aldred, a FCW embroidery tutor who is also the c0-author of Adventures in Needlework.
(And if you want to read more about Fine Cell Work, read this lovely piece by Huma Qureshi on guardian.co.uk)
I watched this and was very moved by how Neil and Sarah talked about stitching having a “calming influence” on them, and Sarah’s comment about how it facilitates reflection, which I agree is lacking in our fast paced society. Thank you.