Hanging on by a thread : Confronting mental illness and manifesting love through embroidery

In this paper I investigate the emotional benefits of textile crafts in general and embroidery in particular. How can embroidery be used to express love and care for others? Can embroidery be used as a therapeutic tool? Using my own embroidery project Flower heart as a starting point, my research go...

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Main Author: Bäckström, Maja
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Konstfack, Textil 2020
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:konstfack:diva-7220