Labour of Love 

 
2025, Materials: A cross stitch of over 6,500 stitches that took 9 months to make, forming a lone parent emoji, paired with a sound piece. The script was written using words from the lone parent channel on mums.net and voiced by mothers themselves. The sung aspect of the piece lists a parent survival kit and is sung by a mum choir. Framed dimensions: 51.5cm x 53cm x 1.5cm



Image credit: Installation view: 'Autumn Almanac V', 2025, Persistence Works, Sheffield. Photography by James Clarkson, courtesy of Yorkshire Artspace.

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Image credit: Yorkshire Art Space, 2025                                                                                                                                                                           Image credit: Theresa Bruno, 2025 

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 Image credit: Theresa Bruno, 2024

Special thanks to mums Lindsay, Lisa and Lily Muir, Sanghagita, Bodhivasini, Manjusuri, and an anonymous mum.