In April and May the Still Parents participants worked with embroidery artist Tabitha Moses. They designed mandalas, a Sanskrit word that means “circle”. Mandalas generally have one identifiable centre point, from which emanates an array of symbols, shapes and forms. The process of creating a mandala is very calming, a repetitive activity that helps calm and focus the mind.

The group then turned their mandala designs into individual embroideries.

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These individual squares will then be sewn together by Tabitha and displayed in the Still Parents exhibition which will open at the Whitworth in September 2021.

Still Parents is a series of art workshops run in partnership with Manchester Sands (Stillbirth & NeoNatal Death Society) for anyone who has lost a baby in pregnancy or just after birth. Please email lucy.turner@manchester.ac.uk for more information.

Still Parents is supported by Friends of the Whitworth.