The Data Reclamation Handbook
In an increasingly online world, control over data means power. This zine works to reclaim some of that power and open up new conversations in the importance of fibre arts that have historically been dismissed as ‘women’s work’.
Throughout this zine and activity pack, readers will learn about the history of textile being used to transport encrypted messages for the Allies in WW2. Then they can use the bespoke hidden alphabet designed to perfectly fit in a cross stitch grid in order to recreate their own hidden messages.
Encrypted Embroidery
Do you have an address important to you? A password or secret phrase? Translate it into a hidden code and embroider it on your belongings to keep it with you, but out of reach of prying eyes that aim to hold all your data.
In an increasingly all-encompassing technology environment, the practice of encrypting information in embroidery encourages users to store their information offline. Not only does embroidery allow for slow, meditative creative practice, it recentres a craft historically dismissed as 'women's work
