The Embroiderer's Story

Dr. Tricia Wilson Nguyen:
I’ve been embroidering—what I like to call “building with a needle”—since I was four years old and began teaching embroidery to adults when I was just 12. My journey took an interesting turn when I attended MIT, earning a PhD in engineering and eventually helping to establish the field of Electronic Textiles. Along the way, I never lost my passion for history, especially through coursework that explored how materials science can be used as an archaeological tool. This blend of engineering and history has shaped much of my approach to embroidery, and I consider myself a historian of textile materials culture through my work.

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