"I grew up in the wilderness of Northern British Columbia without electricity or indoor plumbing. At Princeton University I studied creative writing with Joyce Carol Oates, John McPhee, Russell Banks, and Paul Auster, and I have worked in independent film and publishing. But when she embroidered "I am a very stable genius" onto a needlepoint cushion almost a decade ago, her art found a new medium."
"Under the handle @tinypricksproject, she hand-stitches quotes both horrifying and hopeful, unprecedented and uplifting onto handkerchiefs and scraps of cloth as a way to witness and remember, distilling the noise of the world into a handmade, physical record."
"The pen may be mightier than the sword, but, as Weymar and her crafting cadre prove, the needle is sharper."
Diana Weymar is an artist known for hand-stitching quotes onto textiles under the Instagram handle @tinypricksproject, amassing 155,000 followers. Her artistic journey began in Northern British Columbia without modern utilities, followed by creative writing studies at Princeton with renowned authors. She transitioned to embroidery nearly a decade ago when she stitched "I am a very stable genius" onto a needlepoint cushion, launching her distinctive practice. Her book, Crafting a Better World, features contributions from notable figures including Jamie Lee Curtis and Maira Kalman. Weymar's work distills global noise into handmade physical records, combining both horrifying and hopeful messages onto handkerchiefs and fabric scraps as a form of witnessing and remembrance.
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