Workshop | Reparatie Remise: Mending textiles with Textile Initiative
In this workshop we will explore visibly mending textiles with Bronwen Jones and Dasha Golova from Textile Initiative. We will practice sashiko stitching, inspired by the Japanese repair technique, a method used to reinforce thinning areas or repair holes in woven fabrics. You’ll be encouraged to use this technique in a playful and free way, and to share stories through your garments while we practice.
Please bring a piece of clothing / textile to work on, such as cotton, silk, linen, denim clothing or home textiles (no knitwear). It could have holes, be thinning and in need of reinforcement, have a stain you’d like to hide, or just a piece you’d like to decorate. There will also be scrap fabric to practice on.
Sign up
Sign up opens 10 days before, check out reparatieremise.com.
About this project
Reparatie Remise is a series of workshops in Amsterdam-West, where artists and makers share knowledge on repairing and transforming everyday objects. All workshops are free and open to everyone, fostering small-scale, community-rooted reparations.
Textile Initiative is an event series organised and curated by artists, Bronwen Jones and Dasha Golova. The programme aims to expand on the potential of textile-related practices by interweaving them with wider societal topics such as ecology, ethnography, traditions, and personal experiences. They invite different artists and practitioners to collaboratively host events/workshops and welcome the public to engage with textile crafts.
Bronwen Jones is an artist and textile repairer. Her artistic practice centres around textile and mending in an expanded sense. She is interested in the stories and traces contained in textiles; how textile craft knowledge is transmitted and preserved over time; and how to make craft practices relevant in our current times.
Dasha Golova is an artist and garment maker. Her practice follows two main threads, the concept of a supporting structure and material exploration versus character building. In the past few years Golova was focused on technical and creative solutions for costume making, especially stretchy garments for dancers. She is convinced both materials and hands are forging her artistic practice.
