Press
- Anne-Cécile Genre, Tracks ARTE: “Tricoter la révolte ‘craftivisme'” [VIDEO] (in French) (Jan 29, 2021)
- Cecilia Nowell, Elle: “Fiber Artists Are Honoring Ruth Bader Ginsburg With Lace Collars” (Sep 23, 2019)
- Karen Chernick, The Art Newspaper: “US President Donald Trump’s angry tweets recorded in tiny pricks” (Sep 21, 2020)
- Anna Russell, New Yorker: “Stitch ’n’ Bitch for the Trump Era” (July 15, 2019)
- Lingua Franca: “Lingua Franca x Tiny Pricks Project” [VIDEO] (June 19, 2019)
- Marianna Giusti, Financial Times: “How embroidery became a political power player” (May 30, 2020)
- Marilyn Marks, Princeton Alumni Weekly: “From the Editor, For You, With Pride and Respect” (May 13, 2020) | COVER: “In the Service of Humanity”
- Marcia Young, Fiber Art Now: “Repair and Resistance through Mixed Messages at Beacon Gallery” (July 31, 2020)
- “Bitch Talk with Tiny Pricks Project founder Diana Weymar” [AUDIO] (May 27, 2020)
- Francesca Magnani, Artribune: “Diana Weymar embroiders Donald Trump’s social media posts” (in Italian) (September 28, 2019)
- Infoman, CBC – with PM JUSTIN TRUDEAU: “Émission du 31 décembre 2019” (in French and English) [VIDEO: starting at ~39:35] (December 31, 2019)
- BBC: “Why this woman decided to stitch Trump’s tweets” [VIDEO] (Aug 28, 2019)
- Molly Newman, Provincetown Independent: “The Tiny Pricks Project Is a Stitch” (Sep 10, 2020)
- Peter Hutchinson, Agence France Presse: “Darn it! The US artist stitching together Trump quotes” (July 30, 2019)
- Sarah Cascone, artnet News: “To Channel Her Frustration, One Woman Started Embroidering Donald Trump’s Most Outrageous Quotes. She Inspired an Army of Needlepointers” (June 14, 2019)
- Amanda Krause, INSIDER: “A woman is protesting Donald Trump by sewing his outrageous quotes into doilies and her designs are going viral” (Aug 3, 2019)
- Here & Now (WBUR / NPR): “Textile Artist Embroiders Trump’s Tweets In Tiny Pricks Project” [AUDIO] (Aug 30, 2019)
- Talia Schlanger, CBC q: “Diana Weymar’s new public art project protests Trump by stitching his quotes into delicate embroidery” [AUDIO] (Aug 7, 2019)
- Catherine Scott, Vogue: “Lingua Franca Celebrates its Tiny Pricks Collaboration with a Sidewalk Show” (June 13, 2019)
- Marie Claire: “Needle, thread and the art of embroidering the protest against Trump” (in Italian) (July 6, 2019)
- Kristen Tauer, WWD: “Lingua Franca Teams With Activist Diana Weymar” (June 10, 2019)
- “Lisa Birnbach’s Five Things That Make Life Better with Diana Weymar on September 27, 2019 (Ep. 64)” [AUDIO] (Sep 27, 2019)
- New Faces of Democracy: “Diana Weymar, Tiny Pricks and the Art of Protest” [AUDIO] (July 7, 2020)
- Cait Munro, Refinery 29: “How One Artist Is Using “Tiny Pricks” To Spark An Anti-Trump Movement” (Sep 24, 2019)
- Alexandra Chaves, The National: “Tweets and threads: the anti-Trump embroidery movement” (Oct 7, 2019)
- WEB.DE: “Creative Uprising: The Tiny Pricks project uses Trump quotes as embroidery” (in German) (Oct 3, 2019)
- Eliza Huber, Refinery 29: “How To Embroider Like A Stitching Pro, According To An Expert” (July 9, 2020)
- Nicole Crescenzi, VicNews: “Victoria artist who stitches Trump quotes now on tour in U.S.” (Sep 9, 2019)
- Roxanne Egan-Elliott, Times Colonist: “Victoria artist’s ‘Tiny Pricks’ Trump protest goes big in New York” (Sep 5, 2019)
- TVNZ 1’s Breakfast: “Meet the New York woman taking a different approach to President Donald Trump’s tweets – with a project called Tiny Pricks” [VIDEO] (Sep 4, 2019)
- Cheddar: “Turning President Trump’s Quotes Into Works of Art” [VIDEO] (Aug 29, 2019)
- CTV News: “Stitching Trump’s tweets” [VIDEO] (Aug 28, 2019)
- Eliza Huber, Refinery 29: “How Lingua Franca Is Taking A Stand Against The Trump Administration Through Stitching” (Aug 28, 2019)
- Peggy Earle, NYCitywoman: “How Lingua Franca Is Taking A Stand Against The Trump Administration Through Stitching” (Aug 28, 2019)
- Monica Gyulai, The Bold Italic: “Local Crafters Are Fighting Trump’s Words One Tiny Prick at a Time: Embroidery as a political platform” (Dec 4, 2019)
- Artists of the Resistance: “Diana Weymar interview with Clint Imboden” [VIDEO] (July 1, 2020)
- Steve Pfarrer, Daily Hampshire Gazette: “Art with a sting: Tiny Pricks Project chronicles Donald Trump’s words with embroidery” (Feb 13, 2020)
- Ashley Rohde, Utah Public Radio: “The Tiny Pricks Project Comes To Utah State University” (Feb 21, 2020)
- Nancy Stetson, Florida Weekly: “Stitching the inane, profane, insane and absolutely ridiculous” (Aug 14, 2019)
- Kitchen Sisters: “Tiny Pricks Project” [VIDEO] (Aug 9, 2019)
- Celestina Billington, The Indypendent: “Sewing Dissent with Textile Artist Diana Weymar” (Aug 9, 2019)
- Profil (Austria): “A Completely Normal Process” (in German) [PDF] (July 31, 2019)
- Janet Siroto, Next Tribe: “The Tiny Pricks Project: Protesting Misogyny One Stitch at a Time One woman has sparked a political movement—with needlework!” (July 5, 2019)
- Danielle Krysa, The Jealous Curator: “diana weymar {tiny pricks project}” (June 24, 2019)
- NewsIT: “An American Woman … Embroidering Trump’s Most Outrageous Tweets. The Project with the Most Titillating Title” (in Greek) (June 24, 2019)
- designboom: “artist immortalizes trump’s most controversial quotes onto hand-embroidered textile pieces” (June 18, 2019)
- Lingua Franca: “LF x Tiny Pricks BTS” [VIDEO] (June 12, 2019)
- Leah Garchik, SF Chronicle: “Stitchery to Praise and Prick Presidential Tweets.” (Feb 27, 2019)
- Mr X Stitch: “Stitchgasm – More Tiny Pricks” (Feb 24, 2019)
- Mr X Stitch: “The Cutting (& Stitching) Edge – Tiny Pricks” (Feb 23, 2019)
- Zaman Al Wasl: “‘Paper’ confirmed martyrdom … Imam of the Mosque of Arbain under torture in the prisons of the regime” (in Arabic) (Feb 1, 2019)
- Tele Orient: “A shirt that tells the story of the Syrian detainees” (in Arabic) on YouTube & Facebook [VIDEO] (Jan 29, 2019)
- centraljersey.com: “Arts Council of Princeton presents All That You Leave Behind: A collaborative multi-media exhibition of personal everyday objects” (Jan 2019)
- Town Topics: “ACP to Present ‘All That You Leave Behind’ Exhibit” (Dec 26, 2018)
- Mansour Omari, Facebook: “Names Disappearing” at Build Peace, Belfast (Oct. 27, 2018)
- For background on Mansour Omari, his work and “Names Disappearing,” see
- Nantucket Atheneum: “Interwoven Stories: A Nantucket Stitching Gam Launches October 1” (Oct 3, 2017)
- Carolyn Bostick, The Inquirer and Mirror: “Library, AAN launch embroidery program” (Oct 2, 2017)
- Nantucket Atheneum: “Interwoven Stories: A Nantucket Stitching Gam” (Oct 2017)
- Textile Art Center Blog: “Work in Progress: Diana Weymar” (Jan 20, 2017)
- Arts Council of Princeton Blog: “Interwoven Stories” (Oct 26, 2016)
- Amy Meissner, The Gynocratic Art Gallery: “The Pull of the Needle: Diana Weymar and the Landscape of Cloth” (August 2016)
- Jeanette Beebe, Princeton Alumni Weekly: “Tiger of the Week: Textile Artist Diana Weymar ’91 Brings Her Craft to Princeton” (April 20, 2016)
- 2016 Communiversity, Packet Media Group: “Weaving Princeton’s Story Through Art” (April 2016)
- Dana Sheridan, Pop Goes the Page, Princeton University: “Writing, Re-imagined” (Mar 18, 2016)
- Town Topics: “The Arts Council of Princeton Presents Group Exhibition” (Mar 2, 2016)
- Susan Johnston Taylor, The Make House: “Victoria Artist Diana Weymar on Clothing as Art” (Oct 25, 2015)
- Efren Quiroz, “Rebound at Gallery 1580” [VIDEO] (Oct 2015)
- Interior News: “Italy and northern B.C. combine” (July 14, 2015)
- Ministry of Casual Living, “Diana W : I am Present / Objects” (Mar 1, 2011)
Additional thoughts
How far we’ve come …
Many people from around the world have signed up “remotely” and are sending pieces in the mail. Others have hosted workshops in their homes and donated family textiles.Workshops have been held in Victoria BC, Princeton NJ, NYC, Brooklyn NY, Nantucket MA, San Francisco, the University of Ulster in Belfast (at Build Peace 2018), and at The Wing NYC & SFThe Tiny Pricks Project is grateful for the support of the following institutions:- Build Peace
- Princeton University
- The Textile Arts Center (Brooklyn)
- Planthouse Gallery (NYC)
- The Wing (NYC & SF)
- New York Textile Month
I would love to hear your thoughts as well!
● @Amymeissnerartist : The fact that this work has two meanings lends it the deep complexity, humor and horror it wields. Yes, restating these quotes could be seen as supportive, just as his words/actions can be deemed “patriotic.” Your titles are working as hard as your needle. Don’t stop. I know it takes a long time to sit with these words when you reiterate them in thread—people don’t understand this vital piece either. This is a lot of energy for an artist to take on…who else is out there sitting with this man’s language for hours at a time? Very few would even consider the task.
● @Robertchaplin : It’s straight up art, therefore politically neutral. The only thing more loathsome than a politician is a politician’s fan boy. As your conceptualism is rooted in traditions of feminine handicraft, it exposes a feminist position. This automatically places you in opposition to Trump. Further, Trump’s place in history, his exercise of office, will always be contrasted with his twitter feed. You are ensuring this stupidity enters the material record, providing the opportunity for this man’s words to guarantee his legacy, POTUS/Twit.