![Work in progress at Lingua Franca in New York, which accepts submissions to the Tiny Pricks Project. Yvonne Tnt / Courtesy Tiny Pricks Project](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/KYOK4CEVFSHTBS45JDGTDG63JA.jpg?smart=true&auth=9dde4fef4162a65a4f506ea9c8ef5aad9959b59db44c87c04da6a5485c21c72f&width=400&height=225)
!['Drain the Swamp' by Danielle Otis (@otis.danielle). Courtesy Tiny Pricks Project](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/VXC2O4QVOB6XD3RZBN3VXX4GJ4.jpg?smart=true&auth=b8c7d695fbe068e93c9eb07f6c8d8d3f0c170fbfa0edf2d0f8e33a0cabc04839&width=400&height=225)
![The Tiny Pricks Project exhibition at Lingua Franca, New York. Yvonne Tnt / Courtesy Tiny Pricks Project](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/NLP2TQRDWQKMQM7AFPII4SQSQI.jpg?smart=true&auth=1fc8434671fe1f792fd4ff8e3a135f4ce180ab3546e6aff78ab4f89d7d0147db&width=400&height=225)
![One of Diana Weymar's pieces: Greta Thunberg on science and not meeting US President Donald Trump. Courtesy Tiny Pricks Project](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/FDXBDEQ6FA3QSA7ZJQ66NVBNIY.jpg?smart=true&auth=82f8f5a57e9c9c6ab6aa2f742d1fff5bec084ae9927500fccd41b90bcaffe4e1&width=400&height=225)
![“[I] am very happy to offer [this piece] to the Tiny Pricks Project, which seems to me the right place to speak out against war," says Janet Burroway. Her son was a soldier who served in the 2003 Iraq War and took his own life after coming back to the US. Burroway has used his old baby clothes to create the piece for the project. Courtesy Tiny Pricks Project](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/CAIM45TNZJYRR4MPDYVVCXE3DE.jpg?smart=true&auth=fec5525d0d61d291b4280615ad87992a2b9a80498d395a452183d2e3c7e30eee&width=400&height=225)
!["I want great climate, we are going to have that and we are going to have forests that are very safe," said Trump during his visit to California after forest fires devastated the town of Paradise in 2018. Work by Diana Weymar. Courtesy Tiny Pricks Project](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/5SKX233QFUFSVAXNSCPBHOQWL4.jpg?smart=true&auth=9f4cffffad12d5ed40c4e11750de1ea412614954d4b224fae19d78b6c88cffdb&width=400&height=225)
![A visitor at the The Tiny Pricks Project exhibition in New York's Lingua Franca. Yvonne Tnt / Courtesy Tiny Pricks Project](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/WEZWBABIADLJ2OOAKYIUD73LTM.jpg?smart=true&auth=e923f9caec06a61b880a838cf40c5254f86fa1f250c4389dacefc013154d43a8&width=400&height=225)
![One of Trump's infamous quotes, made during a campaign stop in Iowa in January 2016. Yvonne Tnt / Courtesy Tiny Pricks Project](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/RZP4YL4KUHXQOD7G457CZAGLNE.jpg?smart=true&auth=d36d8e387410b1bbc9b3cd574fdbb13a5c047d5dd0c1240e1134882b8bca984b&width=400&height=225)
![The Tiny Pricks Project UK, which focuses on Boris Johnson and his statements, was started this year. Textile work by Karena Ryan. Courtesy Tiny Pricks Project](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/4K6P53NGFGUVG2NZZKJCWXNIZI.jpg?smart=true&auth=d6c3afaec8eecca1b981cc2826b3b49b7e7b5e78661ecbfe1e1b39b9d350b4ba&width=400&height=225)
!["No puppet. You're the puppet." A Trump quote from the 2016 Presidential Debate against Hillary Clinton. Yvonne Tnt / Courtesy Tiny Pricks Project](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/O54MG4SAA46IDB5XYGNB2MNJHY.jpg?smart=true&auth=38bc4ce31594edade677544db4b324c9bcfb4507e7a6ddeb652bfc621c15d09f&width=400&height=225)
![The Tiny Pricks Project, which has an aim of creating 2,020 embroidery pieces by 2020, is close to hitting its goal with over 1,800 submissions. Yvonne Tnt / Courtesy Tiny Pricks Project](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/3FYCOAIL6M53RYIOZIVUCMUFJE.jpg?smart=true&auth=daed2f52152c25d2cf2f33ee6cd0b8ec21b3aea8f91d443e239fd6d996be33b6&width=400&height=225)
![One of the submissions to the project: an embroidery work quoting Trump's Tweet about the so-called Trump Tower Meeting in 2016. Yvonne Tnt / Courtesy Tiny Pricks Project](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/NB2BGNXXHIXL2XDFKSQWC4TDXE.jpg?smart=true&auth=f68fef714e4345a74a7384761a7e7a08142121f14806047c04480c513909bda8&width=400&height=225)
![Artist Diana Weymar at the Tiny Pricks Project exhibition at Lingua Franca, New York. Yvonne Tnt / Courtesy Tiny Pricks Project](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/VC43ZUCREY6NCHYQCSDS6UIQPY.jpg?smart=true&auth=6df5e84cd6341f5da2d31e1f88aff9be8f9d4630e7be3934ba0867613f79184c&width=400&height=225)
!['Duck, Donald, Boris' by Diana Weymar. Courtesy Tiny Pricks Project](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/TMVP6WBVHZD5A2CM6W2IRPNYPU.jpg?smart=true&auth=49d52c199ae36c4495c654974a4e12a1f94e6ddb3c46652ae7f9177b6bbc6437&width=400&height=225)
![So far, the Tiny Pricks Project has had three exhibitions in New York, San Francisco, and currently Portland, Maine. 'Stormy' by Diana Weymar is on view at Speedwell Projects,Portland, Maine. Courtesy Tiny Pricks Project](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/EKXAC3URBXYUASJMWQQVSZR5ME.jpg?smart=true&auth=84708b4227dbd4dabb5936654b3ed81a2c1450d265c703c93e6961fa72da138b&width=400&height=225)
![Part of the Tiny Pricks Project exhibition in New York. Yvonne Tnt / Courtesy Tiny Pricks Project](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/LEI3ZR2KUJPQM656XTEDMLGDMY.jpg?smart=true&auth=adaa6ba04b2f31ab67680cef9fcede60358254c3e34a1d834fd1ad20f54d0aa9&width=400&height=225)
![The UK version of the project (@tinypricksprojectuk) focuses on UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his relationship with Trump. Work by Diana Weymar. Courtesy Tiny Pricks Project](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/IKJM3RTPIEGZZHKZN5EZT4PYME.jpg?smart=true&auth=617fa83cbeb4756746d0a7a72c8dde8c3756ce5f1d7c11893cf0e96aa116cf6e&width=400&height=225)
![The first work created for the project. Diana Weymar stitched 'I am a very stable genius' onto a needlepoint stool cushion made by her grandmother. Yvonne Tnt / Courtesy Tiny Pricks Project](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/IRCPESA6JZLUSGXM3KACZ47C5Q.jpg?smart=true&auth=d177076b60cbf97b54df0a8ab806f178be0a0473a879cdcbe612dd0b7047f2ff&width=400&height=225)
![Work in progress at Lingua Franca in New York, which accepts submissions to the Tiny Pricks Project. Yvonne Tnt / Courtesy Tiny Pricks Project](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/KYOK4CEVFSHTBS45JDGTDG63JA.jpg?smart=true&auth=9dde4fef4162a65a4f506ea9c8ef5aad9959b59db44c87c04da6a5485c21c72f&width=400&height=225)
!['Drain the Swamp' by Danielle Otis (@otis.danielle). Courtesy Tiny Pricks Project](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/VXC2O4QVOB6XD3RZBN3VXX4GJ4.jpg?smart=true&auth=b8c7d695fbe068e93c9eb07f6c8d8d3f0c170fbfa0edf2d0f8e33a0cabc04839&width=400&height=225)
![The Tiny Pricks Project exhibition at Lingua Franca, New York. Yvonne Tnt / Courtesy Tiny Pricks Project](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/NLP2TQRDWQKMQM7AFPII4SQSQI.jpg?smart=true&auth=1fc8434671fe1f792fd4ff8e3a135f4ce180ab3546e6aff78ab4f89d7d0147db&width=400&height=225)
![One of Diana Weymar's pieces: Greta Thunberg on science and not meeting US President Donald Trump. Courtesy Tiny Pricks Project](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/FDXBDEQ6FA3QSA7ZJQ66NVBNIY.jpg?smart=true&auth=82f8f5a57e9c9c6ab6aa2f742d1fff5bec084ae9927500fccd41b90bcaffe4e1&width=400&height=225)
![“[I] am very happy to offer [this piece] to the Tiny Pricks Project, which seems to me the right place to speak out against war," says Janet Burroway. Her son was a soldier who served in the 2003 Iraq War and took his own life after coming back to the US. Burroway has used his old baby clothes to create the piece for the project. Courtesy Tiny Pricks Project](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/CAIM45TNZJYRR4MPDYVVCXE3DE.jpg?smart=true&auth=fec5525d0d61d291b4280615ad87992a2b9a80498d395a452183d2e3c7e30eee&width=400&height=225)
!["I want great climate, we are going to have that and we are going to have forests that are very safe," said Trump during his visit to California after forest fires devastated the town of Paradise in 2018. Work by Diana Weymar. Courtesy Tiny Pricks Project](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/5SKX233QFUFSVAXNSCPBHOQWL4.jpg?smart=true&auth=9f4cffffad12d5ed40c4e11750de1ea412614954d4b224fae19d78b6c88cffdb&width=400&height=225)
![A visitor at the The Tiny Pricks Project exhibition in New York's Lingua Franca. Yvonne Tnt / Courtesy Tiny Pricks Project](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/WEZWBABIADLJ2OOAKYIUD73LTM.jpg?smart=true&auth=e923f9caec06a61b880a838cf40c5254f86fa1f250c4389dacefc013154d43a8&width=400&height=225)
![One of Trump's infamous quotes, made during a campaign stop in Iowa in January 2016. Yvonne Tnt / Courtesy Tiny Pricks Project](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/RZP4YL4KUHXQOD7G457CZAGLNE.jpg?smart=true&auth=d36d8e387410b1bbc9b3cd574fdbb13a5c047d5dd0c1240e1134882b8bca984b&width=400&height=225)
![The Tiny Pricks Project UK, which focuses on Boris Johnson and his statements, was started this year. Textile work by Karena Ryan. Courtesy Tiny Pricks Project](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/4K6P53NGFGUVG2NZZKJCWXNIZI.jpg?smart=true&auth=d6c3afaec8eecca1b981cc2826b3b49b7e7b5e78661ecbfe1e1b39b9d350b4ba&width=400&height=225)
!["No puppet. You're the puppet." A Trump quote from the 2016 Presidential Debate against Hillary Clinton. Yvonne Tnt / Courtesy Tiny Pricks Project](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/O54MG4SAA46IDB5XYGNB2MNJHY.jpg?smart=true&auth=38bc4ce31594edade677544db4b324c9bcfb4507e7a6ddeb652bfc621c15d09f&width=400&height=225)
![The Tiny Pricks Project, which has an aim of creating 2,020 embroidery pieces by 2020, is close to hitting its goal with over 1,800 submissions. Yvonne Tnt / Courtesy Tiny Pricks Project](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/3FYCOAIL6M53RYIOZIVUCMUFJE.jpg?smart=true&auth=daed2f52152c25d2cf2f33ee6cd0b8ec21b3aea8f91d443e239fd6d996be33b6&width=400&height=225)
![One of the submissions to the project: an embroidery work quoting Trump's Tweet about the so-called Trump Tower Meeting in 2016. Yvonne Tnt / Courtesy Tiny Pricks Project](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/NB2BGNXXHIXL2XDFKSQWC4TDXE.jpg?smart=true&auth=f68fef714e4345a74a7384761a7e7a08142121f14806047c04480c513909bda8&width=400&height=225)
![Artist Diana Weymar at the Tiny Pricks Project exhibition at Lingua Franca, New York. Yvonne Tnt / Courtesy Tiny Pricks Project](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/VC43ZUCREY6NCHYQCSDS6UIQPY.jpg?smart=true&auth=6df5e84cd6341f5da2d31e1f88aff9be8f9d4630e7be3934ba0867613f79184c&width=400&height=225)
!['Duck, Donald, Boris' by Diana Weymar. Courtesy Tiny Pricks Project](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/TMVP6WBVHZD5A2CM6W2IRPNYPU.jpg?smart=true&auth=49d52c199ae36c4495c654974a4e12a1f94e6ddb3c46652ae7f9177b6bbc6437&width=400&height=225)
![So far, the Tiny Pricks Project has had three exhibitions in New York, San Francisco, and currently Portland, Maine. 'Stormy' by Diana Weymar is on view at Speedwell Projects,Portland, Maine. Courtesy Tiny Pricks Project](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/EKXAC3URBXYUASJMWQQVSZR5ME.jpg?smart=true&auth=84708b4227dbd4dabb5936654b3ed81a2c1450d265c703c93e6961fa72da138b&width=400&height=225)
![Part of the Tiny Pricks Project exhibition in New York. Yvonne Tnt / Courtesy Tiny Pricks Project](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/LEI3ZR2KUJPQM656XTEDMLGDMY.jpg?smart=true&auth=adaa6ba04b2f31ab67680cef9fcede60358254c3e34a1d834fd1ad20f54d0aa9&width=400&height=225)
![The UK version of the project (@tinypricksprojectuk) focuses on UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his relationship with Trump. Work by Diana Weymar. Courtesy Tiny Pricks Project](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/IKJM3RTPIEGZZHKZN5EZT4PYME.jpg?smart=true&auth=617fa83cbeb4756746d0a7a72c8dde8c3756ce5f1d7c11893cf0e96aa116cf6e&width=400&height=225)
![The first work created for the project. Diana Weymar stitched 'I am a very stable genius' onto a needlepoint stool cushion made by her grandmother. Yvonne Tnt / Courtesy Tiny Pricks Project](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/IRCPESA6JZLUSGXM3KACZ47C5Q.jpg?smart=true&auth=d177076b60cbf97b54df0a8ab806f178be0a0473a879cdcbe612dd0b7047f2ff&width=400&height=225)
![Work in progress at Lingua Franca in New York, which accepts submissions to the Tiny Pricks Project. Yvonne Tnt / Courtesy Tiny Pricks Project](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/KYOK4CEVFSHTBS45JDGTDG63JA.jpg?smart=true&auth=9dde4fef4162a65a4f506ea9c8ef5aad9959b59db44c87c04da6a5485c21c72f&width=400&height=225)
Tweets and threads: the anti-Trump embroidery movement
Founded by artist Diana Weymar, the Tiny Pricks Project documents controversial Trump quotes and tweets through embroidery works
![Alexandra Chaves](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/https%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Farc-authors%2Fthenational%2Fbdf74649-e581-430d-bebb-05a009adb530.png?smart=true&auth=1aaef0ec554b632723f2f63cf60bfb8380f8e1ec18ca35283e642f53cc0bac8e&width=70&height=70)
Alexandra Chaves
October 15, 2019
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