TypeStitch
Empowering the under-represented queer community through the medium of cross-stitch
TypeStitch is a research project investigating how craft can be used as an alternative approach to traditional activism for the LGBTQ+ community in Singapore’s strictly regulated political climate. By experimenting with craft’s materiality, the project explores the translation of messages into textile patterns using the craft technique of cross-stitching. In contrast to the traditional activist use of protest banners to convey a message, the delivery through clothing is much more covert, maintaining the same level of exposure for the message delivered, while not compromising on the users’ safety.