Embroidery is tradiyionally associated with the feminine and domestic realm, but there is a new wave of makers drawing on its untapped potential to explore global, political and even transgressive themes.

Featuring more than eighty international artists, Threads shows how the timeless appeal of embroidery is not only survivng but thriving in the modern world. Taking a free-wheeling attitude to time-honoured techniques, some artists choose to combine media, applying embroidery to photographs, plastic bags or even slices of bread; others allow their stitches to stand alone, creating densely textured surfaces or delicate networks of natural forms that intrigue the senses.

Threads is a testimony to how art of embroidery has been re-energized by visionary artists who push the. houndaries of its meaning and limits.