Often people (especially women) create using textiles as a means of escaping their troubles, not magnifying them. Why absolutely everything has to be politicised all the time I have no idea. It's a very puritan way of looking at life - all you do should have a serious meaning. Well, no - sometimes I do stuff because I like doing it and because the results give me pleasure. Call me frivolous......

I read some of the reviews for the exhibition and while I do think public art (exhibitions) should be thought provoking, the descriptions, 'powerful', 'visceral' 'filled with horror'.......? Nope, thank you. Just as well we live in the wild and woolly north so the option of a quick trip to the Barbican isn't on the cards. Time Out's review went against the tide though!