After the sudden loss of her husband in summer 2021, Lori Field began to take up embroidery, as a medium of artistic self-expression she’d always wanted to try but also as a form of grief therapy. The careful, time consuming stitches calmed her and helped her cope with the process of mourning. It also felt significant to be working on an art form traditionally considered women’s work and within social confines of what was expected but to create imagery that stepped outside of those constraints and stitch surreal, mythic and even subversive narratives.