In 1922 the Swiss artist and designer Sophie Taeuber-Arp opined that, 'in our complicated times, where the struggle for existence is so difficult, I have often asked myself why we continue to produce embroideries; Why invent ornament and colour combinations when there are so many more practical and, above all, necessary things to do?'1 A question that forces you to question why 100 years later we are still producing not only embroideries but all forms of textile art? Are our times, perhaps,
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