Raymond Materson believes in the healing power of art. While serving a 15-year prison sentence for drug-related crimes, he salvaged the thread of socks to create miniature scenes, most measuring only 2 and 1/4-by-2 and 3/4 inches, with 1,200 stitches per square inch to create miniature tapestries depicting life inside and outside prison walls and used needlepoint to stitch his life back together. Under such conditions, his art was both an escape and an act of courage.
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