embroidery — Blog — Alison Aye

Below are the newspaper articles from which my September 2025 faces were cut. It’s the actual newspaper that I’ve stitched, not reproductions. The information in the articles may be fabricated. I (mostly) use the Metro and London Standard newspapers because they are free. I couldn’t afford to make this piece if I bought a more reputable publication every day.

See here for a full list of ‘sitters’.

*The photo credits are as they appear in the articles from which the faces were cut. For the record, I don’t accept the name of a company as a photography credit. There was an actual person behind the camera. If you are that person, or know them, please give me a shout.

**Day 244: Eilidh MacLeod, c2003 - 2017** Metro 1.9.25. PA*.

**Day 245: Vera Cree** Metro 1.9.25. Photo uncredited.

**Day 246: Graham Greene, 1952 - 2025** Metro 3.9.25. Photo uncredited.

**Day 247: Labubu, possibly fake** Metro 4.9.25. Article by Nicole McBride. PA*.

**Day 248: Vadim Kruglov, c1988 - 2025** Metro 5.9.25. Photo uncredited.

**Day 249: Giorgio Armani, 1934 - 2025** Metro 5.9.25. Article by Rishma Dosani. Getty*.

**Day 250: Vivian Wilson** Metro 4.9.25. Photo uncredited.

**Day 251: Carlo Acutis** Metro 8.9.25. Photo uncredited.

**Day 252: Rosé** Metro 9.9.25. Article by Alicia Powell. Getty/ Reuters*.

**Day 253: Sarah Hooper** Metro 11.9.25. Photo uncredited.

**Day 254: Martin Carthy** Metro 11.9.25. Getty*.

**Day 255: Tim Berners-Lee** London Standard 11.9.25. Sotheby’s*.

**Day 256: John Healey** Metro 12.9.25. PA*.

**Day 257: Andrew Young, c1957 - 2025** Metro 9.9.25. Photo uncredited.

**Day 258: Unnamed Universal Studios employee** Metro 15.9.25. Article by Kristina Beanland. Photo uncredited.

**Day 259: Robert Redford, 1936 - 2025** Metro 17.9.25. Article by Tori Brazier. Photo uncredited.

**Day 260: Agnes Wanjiru, c1991 - 2012** Metro 17.9.25. Photo uncredited.

**Day 261: Brigitte Macron** Metro 19.9.25. Article by Jen Mills. Photo uncredited.

**Day 262: Mark Zuckerberg** Metro 19.9.25. Photo uncredited.

**Day 263: Yuli** Metro 19.9.25. Adam Kay/ SWNS*.

**Day 264: Joe Watts** Metro 22.9.25. SWNS*.

**Day 265: Alaa Abd El-Fattah** Metro 23.9.25. Photo uncredited.

**Day 266: Laila Soueif** Metro 24.9.25. Getty*.

**Day 267: Ray Lloyd** Metro 24.9.25. Photo uncredited.

**Day 268: Matthew Cole** Metro 25.9.25. Article by Charlie Fenton. Photo uncredited.

**Day 269: Jodie Turner-Smith** Metro 26.9.25. Getty*.

**Day 270: Claudia Cardinale, 1938 - 2025** Metro 25.9.25. Photo uncredited.

**Day 271: Unnamed guard** Metro 18.9.25. Article by Gergana Krasteva. PA*.

**Day 272: Nathan Law** Metro 30.9.25. Photo uncredited.

**Day 273: Irene Reid** Metro 30.9.25. SWNS*.

Below are the newspaper articles from which my May 2026 faces were cut. It’s the actual newspaper that I’ve stitched, not reproductions. The information in the articles may be fabricated. I (mostly) use the Metro and London Standard newspapers because they are free. I couldn’t afford to make this piece if I bought a more reputable publication every day.

See here for a full list of ‘sitters’.