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Joy Ivill’s studio work resulting from research focuses on an installation Dial M for Me incorporates embroidery, applique and electronics as well as the readymade. Embroidery is a medium loaded with implications of gender and the domestic domain, providing a sumptuous landscape against which to contrast subversive concepts within traditional needlework practice. The embroidered and appliqued works depict unexpected images together with poignant and often humorous text. These images are meant to charm, unsettle, surprise and challenge preconceptions of traditional needlework. They also subvert concepts within contemporary practice.