#celia pym

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Visibly mended sweaters by Celia Pym :

“Time was really visible in this sweater. But I also loved the thinness of the yarn and the pointlessness of the exercise. It felt more like it was about preserving a relationship than a need.”

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Embroidery & Repairing Artists

When I was working on the Dress me in Drawings workshop, I started to think about artists who repair clothes creatively. After some research, I found a couple of artists that inspired me. Celia Pym & Erin Eggenburg.

Celia Pym:

Image from: rca.ac.uk

Celia Pym is a London-based artist who works with knitting, darning and embroidery. I really enjoyed looking at her work because I think she takes a creative approach when it come to repairing clothes. She doesn't just patch things up, she creates a new design in the process, using different sized shapes and colours.

Images from: celiapym.com

Erin Eggenburg:

Image from: sosft.org

Erin Eggenburg is a Portland-based artist who works with visible mending and embroidery. She often uses a Japanese method of embroidery called Sashiko, often used for decorative purposes, but can also be used for the reinforcement of clothing. I really enjoyed Eggenburg's work because, like Pym, she creates something new on old clothes, but unlike Pym, she often creates more detailed designs, such as flowers or animals.

Images from: wrenbirdarts.com

I really like these artists and their work because it proves that you don't need to spend loads of money to have nice, unique clothes, you just need to be willing to be creative. It saves money and saves your old clothes that you're not quite ready to give up yet.

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haley heynderickx, oom sha la la / celia pym, catalogue of holes / @seravph / madeline miller, circe / patrick bergsma / natalie shapero, a space to train and exit / @madeleinejubileesaito / jennifer willough, the sun is still a part of me

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"Hope's Sweater" - Celia Pym: Hope’s Sweater, 1951 | Celia Pym

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Celia Pym

Working with garments that belong to individuals as well as items in museum archives, [Pym] has extensive experience with the spectrum and stories of damage, from small moth holes to larger accidents with fire.

Her interests concern the evidence of damage, and how repair draws attention to the places where garments and cloth wear down and grow thin. In clothing, this is often to do with use and how the body moves.

She explores the difficulties of mending other people’s clothes, the materials used for mending, and making damage visible. Pym’s tools are scissors, yarn and a sharp needle.

“Darning is small acts of care and paying attention. The damage, in a way, does the work for me” she explains. “I respond to it. The mending is slow work to hold the damage in place.”

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An edit from the darning workshop with Celia Pym: learning to darn and trouble shooting handiwork. Understanding the eb & flow, mending and understanding the sock as a care/support garment.

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Norwegian Sweater, Celia Pym, 2010

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Norwegian Sweater, Celia Pym