This hands-on workshop will guide you through basic techniques of visible mending, an eco-conscious fashion movement that turns rips, tears, and wear into stylish and unique design elements. You will be introduced to new techniques, have a chance to try them out on fabric scraps, and will leave with print and online resources to use at home on your own clothes.
We encourage you to bring along a piece of clothing in need of repair. Got socks that your toes poke through? Perfect. A T-shirt with a stain or a small hole? Let's go. A wool or cashmere sweater that moths have eaten for lunch? Resounding yes!
We will provide a limited supply of scrap fabrics for this workshop, but to minimize waste and to create something upcycled you will actually want to wear, please BYO-Clothes. Thread, needles, and embroidery hoops will all be provided.
Limited to: 15 participants
For questions or to request accessibility accommodations, contact Félix Zamora-Gómez at felixzg@umich.edu.
Leah Crosby (they/them) is a multimedia artist, collaborator, and genre-bender. They are a daydream creator interested in the empathetic potential of fantasy, the use of play and pleasure, the activation of public spaces, and designing participatory events. With cheeky humor and a flair for the devastating, they use the combined forces of dance, narrative storytelling, musical composition, sculpture, puppetry, and experience design to make work that is hilariously sad.
They graduated summa cum laude from Ohio University’s Honors Tutorial College with a BFA in Dance Performance and Choreography. They are a Licensed Massage Therapist, a Third Degree Reiki Practitioner (master-level), a Certified Yoga Teacher, and they have the blessing of the Royal Thai Ministry of Education to perform Thai Massage. They enjoy petting other people's cats, playing with other people's children, and weeding other people's gardens.
The Arts Initiative, in partnership with Wolverine Wellness, is launching a series of free art-making workshops for the Take Care AY 2024-25 focus. These workshops are an opportunity to create art, brush up on dance techniques, and other artistic forms. No prior experience is required. Led by local and regional artists, the workshops are open to the entire U-M and local community. All supplies necessary will be provided at the workshop.