Emma Hauck’s two small letters that were shown in the Hayward Gallery in 1996 had a powerful impact on my work. In 2009, many years after I had seen them, I made a stitched piece in response. Her letters have always seemed more like woven pieces of cloth than the simple graphite on paper that was her allocation. With her unique way of utilising the poor materials, the text seems to occupy space three dimensionally and the repetition of the simple phrases, 'Herzenschatzi Komm' or simply 'Komm' resembles the links and hooking of a needle and thread.
