Community repair ...
renewing a tired garment ...
can mean more than mending torn seams...
a re-worked and embellished mens jacket ...
a moth eaten coat ...
now embroidered with moths ...
a trench coat lined with patchwork.
The fabulous project, Strategic Repair, explores the idea of reciprocity through the act of making together and connecting within communities, using an existing starting point of value and developing that value.
Throughout the project, students explored how craft skills among members of their local communities can be mobilised for the repair or adjustment of a garment; and how the compassion for a garment, the crafting of a shared memory and the mending of a social skin can be the needle on which the thread of gifts and exchanges can stitch up a shattered community.
Loving the notion of sharing and caring ...
an excellent idea ...
workable in any community ...
maybe even yours!
Loving the notion of sharing and caring ...
an excellent idea ...
workable in any community ...
maybe even yours!
1 Comments:
Oh, I adore that red topper in the first photo! What a great project for a thrift shop find.
The projects in the article (and the stories around them) are fascinating. Thanks so much for sharing this interesting link
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