Red quilt

When we craft, we make something that didn’t exist before. We document ideas and create conversations to be shared by many. Making things proves we have power—the power to change our world.

"For such a personal piece, it had to have part of me in it; I chose to embroider my hands. Hands are important. They can be used to comfort, create and hold. My hands are lined and I have callouses on my fingers from stitching."

Enid Twiglet, Article 27, red quilt

UDHR Red quilt

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Article 10

Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him.

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For the past six years, Kathryn Clark has been making art about geopolitical narratives using the traditional medium of quilts and embroidery. Presenting these subjects through the use of the aesthetically pleasing textile offers a viewer a more approachable relationship with narratives that are often conveniently ignored. What at first seems beautiful, upon further investigation reveals a darker tale. The medium of textiles is a familiar one to Kathryn: her mother was a textile artist and growing up in the deep south  of the United States, quilts were commonly used as storytelling tools.

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Article 9

No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.

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Rachel Edler is a textile artist currently residing in Bristol, England. She uses the free-motion embroidery technique in her work, using vintage fabrics and patterns to contrast with her embroidered illustrations. This is her first time participating in a craftivist project, although she is keen to do more.

 

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Article 8

Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by the competent national tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rights granted him by the constitution or by law.

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Sofia Fitzpatrick is a Sydney-based artist, who was born into a family of creatives.

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Article 7

All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination.

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I’m a costumer by profession, but for my wellbeing and sanity I stitch and make things. Most of my work is around endangered species and extinction. I have worked with sixth graders on Sew The SEEDS: Saving Earth’s Endangered and Diverse Species, which was inspired by the AIDS Memorial Quilt. I also have several ongoing personal projects including an AIDS-quilt inspired extinction quilt. For my sanity I try to work on smaller personal pieces around feminism and self-growth.

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Article 6

Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.

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Emma Dolan is a textile artist based in England, originally trained in surface-pattern design and print. Having stepped away from the contemporary craft world over the last year, Emma is presently focusing on collaborative textile projects addressing women’s rights in the United Kingdom, such as protecting sex-segregated provisions, safeguarding children in schools, and the protection of women from the sex industry. She is one of a group of women, the Leeds Spinners, who hold regular embroidery and craftivist meetings in her hometown of Leeds in Yorkshire.

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Article 5

No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.

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Rut Martinez Hernández is from Terrassa, Spain. She is a maker and craftivist who has been involved in many activist projects related to housing, violence against women and the preservation of the environment. She is a graduate from the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia holding a Bachelor’s degree in philosophy with a focus on political science and feminism. She currently works as a technician in social housing for the Terrassa city council.

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Article 4

No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.

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Both a contemporary artist and a psychologist/psychoanalytic psychotherapist, Helen Fraser creates art that connects the past to the present using symbols that can lead to healing and change. She melds her love of textiles with psychology by creating drawings of textiles that act as a metaphor for the human condition. She also creates embroidered and quilted textiles and her work is held in private and public collections in Australia, the United States, Canada and Italy. Her fourth solo exhibition, Tassels and Fragments, was recently held at Falkner Gallery, Castlemaine, Victoria.

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Article 3

Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.

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Dahlia Rodriguez studied history of art and management of cultural heritage in Valencia and development cooperation at Hegoa Institute, Spain. From 2004 to 2010, she worked as project manager in the fields of cultural development cooperation in organisations based in Argentina, France, Lebanon and Morocco.

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Article 2

Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.

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Vanessa Ægirsdóttir is a textile artist with over 20 years’ experience working with fabrics, yarns, and other fibre-based media. Her earliest childhood memories are firmly anchored in playing dress-up, handmade dollies and crafting. Her mother was a west-coast Canadian hippie with a love for fabrics, embroidery, quilting, and handcrafts, which instilled in Vanessa a love for making things with her hands from even the simplest, often repurposed materials. 

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Article 1

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

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Alicia Alvis’s upbringing was a study of contrasts. 

Growing up as the second of three girls, on army ammunition bases around New Zealand, with a bomb technician father and a spiritualist/massage therapist (and champion knitter) mother, Alicia gained the perspective of the complete left-to-right spectrum. Most of her childhood photos are of her holding explosives or modelling a hand-knitted, adult-sized mohair jacket. 

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