Sticks and Stones is based on the well known English nursery rhyme . In fact this truth it that the words from abuse are the hardest to heal from and it comes long after the breaks have healed . Each limb contains the words used to abuse the artist, words which even now can still trigger a response , each word is in morse code to represent the insidious nature of verbal abuse, as its not seen on the victim. . The piece acclaimed and won the National embroidery awards for Hand Embroidery 2025 . It’s also the largest piece to date at over 1.20 meter in height .