In an increasingly online world, control over data means power. This zine works to reclaim some of that
power and
open up new conversations in the importance of fibre arts that have historically been dismissed as
‘women’s work’.
Throughout this zine and activity pack, readers will learn about the history of textile being used to
transport encrypted messages
for the Allies in WW2. Then they can use the bespoke hidden alphabet designed to perfectly fit in a
cross stitch grid in order to
recreate their own hidden messages.
The zine was printed as a rispgraph run of 50 copies at Domesticity Brussels. If you wish to purchase a
copy please contact me.
Alongside the zine I developed a website for users to generate their hidden cross-stitch messages
instantly.
I run an Encrypted Embroidery workshop to work through the activity live in a collective space if you wish to include this
workshop at an event please don't hesitate to get in touch.