I am such a huge fan of Common Threads Press, who offer a vibrant and vital platform to craft stories that have often been neglected from wider histories. Beautifully produced and exacting in research, these publications show that as with everything, the history of craft is deeply political.
Amber Butchart, curator, writer and history consultant for BBC One's Great British Sewing Bee.
Diasporic Threads platforms a stunning selection of works by contemporary Black women textile artists and is rich in critical insight and historical context.
Ferren Gipson, author of Women's Work: From Feminine Arts to Feminist Arts and The Ultimate Art Museum.
Common Threads Press publications are brilliant: accessible, informative, powerful.
They bring to the fore the universal human stories told by textiles and their making, underscoring the intimate and political power of fabric.
Rachel Dedman, Jameel Curator of Contemporary Art from the Middle East at the V&A, curator of 'Material Power: Palestinian Embroidery'.
NEW: Stitching Freedom: Embroidery and Incarceration
For centuries, people have stitched in good times and in bad, finding strength in the needle moving in and out of fabric. Stitching Freedom explores the embroidery made in prisons and mental health hospitals — those who have embroidered to distract, to reflect or to calm. From Mary, Queen of Scots to Lorina Bulwer, embroidery historian and curator Isabella Rosner unpicks twelve embroidered histories to discover what can be created when freedom is out of reach.
I really appreciate how diverse Common Threads is and I respect that you are always looking to make things even more diverse and wide ranging.
Survey respondent, January 2024
I like how you always cover a wide array of topics from across history and talk about people from all walks of life. You do a lot of great work diversifying craft history!
Survey respondent, January 2024
It brings together so many talented and interesting artists, researchers, makers, and readers — it feels like a wonderful community!
Survey respondent, January 2024
Common Threads Press T-Shirt
Support the work of Common Threads Press by purchasing one of our exclusive, limited-edition t-shirts through Everpress. This t-shirt features an illustration by Shiori Osakata, created specially for Common Threads Press with our ethos and publications in mind.
