Writing with a needle is to stitch by hand and by eye the handwriting of a person. The marks we leave in letters, doodles, drawings and notes remain as a picture in line to document our lives.

Nothing is pre printed prior to stitch. I see lines as abstract marks conveying emotion. Communication makes us uniquely human and some words are simply worth preserving as a social memory.

I am not an embroiderer but a storyteller in stitch.

Writing with a needle.

“A homage to Frances Soame” The text - her handwriting - is taken from her handwritten 18th century diary entitled ‘Night Thoughts’ and embroidered into a childs christening gown of the period.

Artwork : ‘A boy who loved to run’ athletic running top which belonged to Stephen Lawrence

Commission for BURBERRY UK.

‘Tuke’ from the series THE STITCH LIVES OF LONDON

Commission for Fortnum & Mason UK.

‘It’s immensely powerful’

Hana Kelly, Manchester Evening News