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The School of Gentle Protest – Inner Activism
Since I started my Visible Mending Programme, I have met many inspirational people, people who make me think about what I stand for, who ask me questions about my motivations and my beliefs. One such...
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Marking Linen
As part of my mending journey I wanted to go back to basics, and follow some old Dutch lesson plans about teaching young girls the ins and outs of marking household linen, and repairing of clothes and...
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Responding to Repairs
A recent repair commission made me think about how a change in attitude can lead to a different response to repairs. It can be quite a challenge to be accepting of things not looking perfect and new,...
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Cobbled Together
Cobbled together: transitive verb. 1 chiefly British : to mend or patch coarsely. 2 : repair, make cobble shoes. 3 : to make or put together roughly or hastily —often used with together or up : cobble...
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Reinventing Textiles Contest
It is with great pleasure and not a little bit of pride that I came in the top ten of the 2017 Textielmuseum contest! This year the theme was “reinventing textiles”: “We live in a society where many of...
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Mrs Pademelon’s New Lease of Life
Late last year, I met Mrs Pademelon and her Joey. Mrs Pademelon’s Joey, a classic children’s book from Australia, first published in 1967 Mrs Pademelon and her Joey, in dire need of a spot of darning!...
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The Six-Year Darn
Anybody who’s met me at a darning-related event will have seen a dark green sweater with numerous moth holes in it. It was given to me about six years ago to practice my visible mending on. It had...
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Repairing a Gansey
Most repair commissions I receive have an interesting back story, but some stand out more than others, making the repair even more meaningful. A gansey repaired One such story is behind the repair...
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TOMOFHOLLAND X Wolf & Gypsy: Varsity Cardigans
Wolf and Gypsy Vintage love to collaborate with local artists and specialists, so I’m proud to let you know that we have teamed up once more. We have collaborated in the past on a small collection of...
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Don’t Feed the Monster!
I’m very excited to announce that my work currently features in a group exhibition called Don’t Feed the Monster! at Galleri F15, Moss, Norway. Don’t Feed the Monster work in progress Don’t feed the...
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