Domestic Dusters with Vanessa

🎙️ Her-Stories Podcast: Stitching Stories with Domestic Dusters

In this inspiring episode of Her-Stories, host Kate Blakemore is joined by artist and academic Vanessa from the University of Brighton, founder of the powerful community art project Domestic Dusters. Together, they explore how a humble yellow cleaning cloth became a canvas for women's voices, creativity, and shared experiences.

Vanessa shares the origins of the project, rooted in the domestic traditions of storytelling and textile work, and explains how embroidery has sparked conversations across generations- from Crewe to communities of unpaid carers, refugees, and beyond. With over 800 dusters stitched by women across the UK, each one becomes a mini-protest, a personal reflection, or a loving legacy.

Listen in as we disc ...