Stitched Stories

YORKSHIRE SCULPTURE PARK | Artist in Residence 2022/23

Work Andi Walker · YSP Photography Jonty Wilde · Photography at The Chantry Chapel, Wakefield Artist’s own

Stitched Stories is a 2 x 2-metre cotton quilt. It holds 144 stories which I collected from members of the public as part of my residency in the ‘On Queer Ground’ exhibition at Yorkshire Sculpture Park. 4,500 metres of thread facilitated the sharing of these stories. The Quilt was first shown at Wakefield’s Chantry Chapel as part of their Art walk programme.

Individuals’ stories are embroidered to craft the surface design of a quilt: