Threads of Protest: Human Rights in Childbirth

It combines the talents and knowledge of members of the public, artists, professional crocheters and charitable organisations to create crochet artwork designed to challenge and inform.

Based on the idea of yarnbombing and craftivism, the exhibition acknowledges the long history of women using thread as a form of protest. This appears as far back as in Greek myth and more recently via the Suffragettes’ use of embroidered handkerchiefs and banners.

https://www.gemmamckenzie.co.uk/threadsofprotest