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Stitching, piercing, cutting: from knit pussy hats to the Tiny Pricks embroidery project women’s craft has become an expression of 21st century dissent. Is this critical edge really a new aspect of craft? In this presentation, we take a look back at domestic crafts in the 19th century, with a particular eye to German creators of silhouettes and other paper cut-outs, to reconsider the history and critical potency of these so-called genteel or minor arts.