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Lovely to be at the opening of the @oldparcelsofficeartspace Open yesterday. And great to find other artists using text in their work, including @ellie_clewlow_studio and @k.drakeart I’ve also included a photo of Ethel by @maryannstevensartis
Just delivered ‘Inside Pages’ to @oldparcelsofficeartspace for the Open Exhibition next month. This piece raises awareness of the many conflicts in the world that don’t even make the inside pages of many newspapers. Thanks to @guar
Chuffed to see my quilt, Uprooted, in the new edition of The Quilter from @thequiltersguild it has recently been accepted into The Quilt Collection alongside a quilt by the esteemed @sara.impey More about the quilt on my blog , link in bio. #activ
Thank you to @normanreagallery for hanging my work so beautifully. And thank you for inviting me to join the panel discussion this evening. #displacement #textileart #activistart
Just spent a lovely day with @_artiyya @bradfordschoolofart We learned about the importance exciting work Attiya has been up to since graduating. Then she lead us through the process of making our first collage self portraits. It was great to see
Just delivered these three pieces to the @normanreagallery @uniofyork for their next exhibition 'Displacement' which opens on 27th November and then is open weekdays 9.00 - 17.00. I shall be joining a panel discussion on Monday 1st December 18.30. At
Today is Armistice Day, when we should be thinking about disarmament and no more wars. Instead the headlines over the last week or so have been about the conflict in Sudan, leading to genocide. Who is supplying the arms? There is evidence that some o
Responding to headlines about increased flooding risks, followed by UN warnings about the failure to stem CO2 emissions. Social justice includes climate justice. So as COP30 looms on the calendar this is a call for @keirstarmer to act on is words an
Trying out more ways of stitching words on a banner. JUSTICE is the key word at the centre of my manifesto and so appropriate for this trial. Stitching from the back allows a thicker thread to be used. It also means you have to get used to mirror wr
Articles 19 and 20 of the International Declaration of Human Rights make it clear that the right to peaceful protest is a human right. This government is following the last one in making it more and more difficult for citizens to peacefully protest.
Stop arming genocide

Stop arming genocide

Mary Whitehouse
Activism, Protest, Activist textile art

In April 2025 I made this piece as a response to attacks on refugee camps in Sudan. It was called Inside pages because beyond the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, other conflicts across teh world continue to happen and get very little coverage. It is too easy for them to drop out of our minds.
In this piece the traditional log cabin quilt block symbolises home, with the ‘home fire’ burning at the centre. A home attacked may just leave a pile of logs. Scraps of Hainsworth felted wools signify warmth of the home, foundation pieced over a news article about attacks on refugee camps.

This war continued and made the headlines again when there were more mass killings and it became known that the Sudanese militia were using British-made kit to commit genocide.
This even made it on to the sports pages, where Barney Ronay asked why there were not protests at the Manchester City match, while the owner of Manchester City Football Club is implicated in the arming of the Sudanese militia.

Back to a stark font all in black for a very dark moment.

Crisis? What crisis?

Crisis? What crisis?