GALLERY • ARTIST
“[A wrc ɖt] seḷbrets ɖ 800ʈ anivrsri v Magna Carta in 2015. Fabricetd bî mni handz, it replicets in stić ɖ intîr Wicipīdia articl on Magna Carta az it apird on ɖ dokmnt’s 799ʈ anivrsri. Hand-imbrýdrd bî mr ɖn 200 ppl, a lj part wz stićt bî priznrz sūpvîzd bî Fîn Sélwrc n membrz v ɖ Imbrýdrrz Gild. Uɖr cntribytrz, ṣlctd t rpriznt a croșẋn v ssayti, renj fṛm báṛnz, baṛnesz, MPz n loyrz, t hymn-rîts advc̣ts n activists.”
Photograph: Linda Nylind for the Guardian
Guardian: Pope Innocent III stitched by Anthea Godfrey of the Embroiderers’ Guild Photograph: British Library
Guardian: The crown embroidered by a team from the Royal School of Needlework. Photograph: Linda Nylind
Wallpaper: Sian Kibblewhite of the Embroiderers’ Guild (West Midlands Region) created this vista of the Magna Carta memorial, located at the water-meadow of Runnymede in Windsor
Wallpaper: The piece was stitched by over 200 people, many of whom had a direct connection to the work’s overarching theme of civil liberty. Pictured: Chris, a member of Fine Cell Work (a social enterprise that teaches incarcerated individuals needlework skills), was one of nearly 40 prisoners who worked on the project. Photography: Joseph Turp
Wallpaper: Wikipedia links, stitched by Lorna Pound of the Embroiderers’ Guild (West Midlands Region)
Wallpaper: This recreation of the Wikipedia logo was stitched by Janika Mägi of the embroidery institution Hand & Lock. Photography: Tony Antoniou
A detail of only one of four surviving fragments of the 1215 Magna Carta, stitched by Pam Keeling of the Embroiderers’ Guild (East Midland Region). Photography: British Library
Guardian: Cornelia Parker with a fragment of Magna Carta (An Embroidery). Photograph: Tony Antoniou
Wallpaper: Cornelia Parker’s Magna Carta (An Embroidery) is an intricate textile work recreating the entire Wikipedia entry on the eponymous English dictum. Pictured: Parker at work on the piece. Photography: Joseph Turp
BRITISH LIBRARY
CRAFTS COUNCIL
ROYAL SCHOOL OF NEEDLEWORK
David Paw WALLPAPER 19 June 2015
Tim Masters BBC 14 May 2015
CULTURE24 14 May 2015
Jonathan Jones GUARDIAN 14 May 2015
