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I have always had paint and sewing machines in my studio. People have been painting on walls since living in caves. As long as women have been sewing, they’ve been using embroidery to tell their individual global stories. Recently, I have introduced digital embroidery to my practice. The process includes scanning my original drawings into the embroidery machine which mirrors the activity of tattooing, a “forgotten American folk art.” The needle moves through the fabric, distributing thread rather than ink as evidence of an individual’s courage and empowerment.