Description

This is a recording of a live online event held on Wednesday 22 October 2025.

Embroidery is not just the work of women in the home or at school. Embroidery is also the work of men and those in spaces like prisons. One exceptional imprisoned stitcher was A.T. Casdagli, a British-Greek major who embroidered throughout his four years in German prisoner of war camps during the Second World War. Most striking is his subversive stitching, the samplers, bookmarks, and maps that spell out choice words for Hitler in Morse code and depict life in the camps.

Join RSN Curator Isabella Rosner and A.T. Casdagli’s daughter, Alexis Penny Casdagli, as they discuss her father’s life of embroidery. His stitching will be put into conversation with that of others in prison, such as Ray Materson and the work of Fine Cell Work, and that of other male embroiderers.

About this Online Talk

In order to watch this Talk, first please ‘add to basket’ then go to the checkout and pay for your purchase. Once you have purchased this Talk on Demand you can immediately watch it by either returning to this page, or to our main Talks on Demand page, where you will now see a ‘Watch Now‘ button for the Talk. Please note that you will need to be signed in to the site using the account used to purchase the Talk in order to see the button. You will not be emailed a separate link to watch. You can watch as many times as you wish until the close date. Thank you.

For details on other RSN Talks on Demand, please visit our Talks on Demand page.