Explore the Embroiderers of this artwork, Magna Carta (An Embroidery).
Parker invited some 200 people to hand-stitch portions of the work including prison inmates, civil rights campaigners, MPs, lawyers, barons and artists. Much of the work was done by 36 prisoners from 13 different prisons in England, under the supervision of the social enterprise Fine Cell Work. Members of the Embroiderers' Guild contributed the images as did students from the Royal School of Needlework and the London embroidery company Hand & Lock.
Six students from La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School, London were the youngest contributors to the work.Parker invited royalty to contribute to the work, but they declined. She said that right-wing people were more likely to decline; both Gordon Brown and Alex Salmond also declined to contribute.
List of contributorsJulian Assange – "freedom"
Mary Beard
Shami Chakrabarti – "Charter of Liberties"
Kenneth Clarke
Jarvis Cocker – "common people" for the song of the same name
Brian Eno – "in perpetuity"
Anthea Godfrey (Embroiderers' Guild) – image of Pope Innocent III
Antony Gormley
Germaine Greer
Igor Judge, Baron Judge and Lady Judith Judge – "Habeas Corpus"
Christopher Le Brun – "folio"
Doreen Lawrence, Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon – "justice", "denial" and "delay"
Caroline Lucas
Eliza Manningham-Buller – "freedom"
James McNeill QC – "Abbots - witnesses"
Caitlin Moran
Cornelia Parker – "prerogative"
Janet Payne (Embroiderers' Guild) – image of John of England signing Magna Carta
Philip Pullman – "Oxford"
Alan Rusbridger – "contemporary political relevance"
Edward Snowden – "liberty"
Clive Stafford Smith – stitched his contribution while visiting a client at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp
Peter Tatchell – "democracy" (shared with Parker)
Jimmy Wales – "user's manual"
Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi – "freedom"
Baroness Shirley Williams
Students from La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School – "Salisbury Cathedral", "Durham Cathedral", "South Africa" and "Australia"
Guantanamo Bay detention camp Peter Tatchell Clive Stafford Smith Alan Rusbridger Shami Chakrabarti Mary Beard Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi James McNeill QC Caroline Lucas La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School Igor Judge, Baron Judge Doreen Lawrence Fine Cell Work Magna Carta Hand & Lock embroidery Christopher Le Brun song of the same name Caitlin Moran Shirley Williams Alex Salmond Pope Innocent III Doreen Lawrence, Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon Embroiderers' Guild Salisbury Cathedral Jimmy Wales Philip Pullman Jarvis Cocker Kenneth Clarke Cornelia Parker Edward Snowden Antony Gormley Brian Eno Germaine Greer Julian Assange Needlework Gordon Brown Royal School of Needlework Eliza Manningham-Buller