Knepp Stork Hand Embellished Cushion

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Bring a piece of Knepp's wildlife into your home with this exquisitely embellished Stork Cushion. This original illustration features a pair of storks bathing in a pond. Delicate hand stitches pick out the birds' plumage and the dragonflies buzzing through the air.

This hand-embellished cushion is part of our Knepp Rewilding collection, imagined by Knepp's design lead, Lia Brazier, and stitched in prison by Fine Cell Work stitchers.

The Knepp Rewilding Project in Sussex was co-founded by the pioneering Isabella Tree, the daughter of Fine Cell Work's founder Lady Anne Tree, and the collection, inspired by the creatures roaming the estate, celebrates our rich history together. Once a breeding bird in Britain, white storks were introduced to Knepp's estate in 2016, resulting in seven nesting pairs and fourteen young successfully fledged from the nests in 2021.

Made from fabrics generously donated to Fine Cell Work, the Storks Cushion is hand-embellished in shades of rich red, steel grey, orange spice and pistachio green, backed with a grey organic cotton, and piped with a denim blue trim.

See the full range in collaboration with Knepp, and pair your Stork with our Beaver and Turtle Doves designs.

• Size (inches): 20x20
• Size (cms): 51x51
• Hand-embellished, Global Organic Textile Standard-certified organic cotton.• Feather cushion included. Dry clean only.

    Stitched by prisoners and prison leavers.
    Handcrafted from the finest natural fibres
    9 months or more of dedicated craftsmanship

    UK delivery starts at £2 and is completely free for orders over £200.

    We also offer international delivery.

    We hope you'll be delighted by your new Fine Cell Work items, but just in case you're not, there are several circumstances in which we will refund your purchase, subject to the item being returned within 30 days of receipt.

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    Cleo Hamilton
    Beautiful pillow

    The pillow was full and soft. Embroidery work was high quality. Recipient of the gift was thrilled.

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    Clara Hadjipetrou
    Perfection

    A marriage of two favourites - Knepp and FCW has given rise to this exquisite cushion - bought as a gift for a dear friend Thank you

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    Carolyn Talmadge
    Perfect

    Absolutely loved it!

    About the designer

    Knepp Wilding

    Fine Cell Work and Knepp are threaded together through family legacy and vision. The revolutionary Knepp rewilding project, a 3,500-acre estate in Sussex, was co-founded by Isabella Tree, the daughter of Fine Cell Work’s founder, Lady Anne Tree.

    Inspired by Knepp’s extraordinary rebounding wildlife and stitched by hand in UK prisons, the collaboration features original illustrations by Knepp's designer, Lia Brazier. Represented in the collection are species which play a vital part in the rewilding project at Knepp: beavers, white storks, turtle doves and Exmoor ponies.

    The collection is available exclusively from Knepp's Wilding Kitchen & Shop, and the Fine Cell Work website.

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    By purchasing from Fine Cell Work, you are making social change. However, 75% of our rehabilitation programmes are funded through donations and grants. We know that transformation is possible - for our stitchers, for our communities, and for our society as a whole. Your support - through donations or by purchasing products - will help to break the devastating cycle of reoffending and repeated imprisonment.

    £10 donation
    Provides a prisoner with the materials for one tapestry cushion (100 hours of creative activity). 

    £20 donation
    Will enable us to continue providing paid, creative and productive work to even more prisoners around the UK, helping them to build a brighter future.

    £50 donation
    Sponsors a prisoner to train as a volunteer 'class coordinator', teaching and mentoring other prisoners.

    £250 donation
    Covers the volunteer costs of a stitching class in prison.

    £500 donation
    Pays for the training, materials and support for one prisoner for an entire year, helping them to rebuild a meaningful, independent,crime-free life.

    By giving prisoners hope that transformation is truly possible, they can envision a meaningful life after release. But nobody tells the story of how Fine Cell Work has helped them better than the prisoners themselves:

    “Stitching allows me to use a totally different part of my brain and personality. I can move away from the more difficult reflections and anxieties and feel creative and purposeful. This means I no longer feel that my life has come to a halt and that I am of no use to anyone else.”

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