SHOBU, Fascinated by the creative attitude overflowing sensibility of people with disabilities in school solar Iris Society social welfare corporation is engaged in creative activities focusing on contemporary art, music, crafts and art
The needlework of Kagoshima City’s Nui Project, an embroidery workshop for the mentally disabled, uncloaks souls whose workings are little understood.
Fibre with a Difference: Nui Project
Informal pictures from a show earlier this month of shirts from the Nui Project at Gallery Gallery, Kyoto Japan + Another embroidered shirt + Detail of embroidered shirt + Nui Project website (in Japanese).
Mental illness:
Cloth embroidered by a schizophrenia patient found at How to Deal with a Mentally Ill Person: Setting Boundaries
ALL THE SAINTS AND PROPHETS WERE MENTALLY ILL embroidery.
Existential doily (by Stitch Therapy) found at The Hand Embroidery Network the only official blog of the Hand Embroidery Network Community, a place to promote, share and enjoy the world of hand embroidery.
More from stitch therapy + an embroidered hole.
The Narrative Within 
I really like this Nui projekt………….
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Martine, isn’t it wonderful what creative projects do for our sense of well-being?
really a great project, and I love the results as well..
Yes Lorie, it’s a wonderful project. By the way, just visited your blog and really enjoyed your fiber pieces.
Wonderful and beautiful and inspiring and helpful and loving and lovely and honest and truthful and brave.
Mille grazie Erica! I just took a look at your twitter and appreciate your enthusiasm towards others!