Intro to Visible Mending

Join artist Julie Woodard in exploring some foundational methods for creatively extending the life of items in your closet. Bring along a garment with a hole, snag, or stain that you’d like to repair (non-stretch heavyweight cotton or wool is ideal).  Julie will provide an overview of visible mending techniques, tools, and tips for getting started, from understanding different types of fibers, to practicing basic stitches, to the art of designing a patch. In addition, this workshop will explore how mending can be an essential component of a mindfulness practice. You’ll go home with a calm mind, a visibly mended garment, and the skills and creative inspiration to continue repairing and revitalizing items in your wardrobe. Basic hand sewing experience is helpful, but not required.

Participants should bring:

A garment to mend (non-stretch heavyweight cotton or wool is ideal)

Favorite fabric scraps (optional)  *A big part of Julie’s textile practice centers around repurposing items that belonged to her loved ones or were salvaged from interesting places. If you have any textiles from home that you’d like to integrate into your repair, please bring them along. We’ll share stories as we create.

**No technical skills are required. Contact us if you have questions!

About Termite TV’s process:

After a successful year-long studio residency at Cherry Street Pier exploring the theme of Understories and after decades of having created dozens of collaborative programs, working across multiple media platforms, we’re launching our second year-long residency to explore the theme of Mending. Workshops are offered through artist collaborations with the intention to cultivate inspiration and experimental material for our community of media artists.  

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