Collected Item: “Keavy Martin”
Name
Keavy Martin
Pronouns
she/her
Website
https://www.creativeconciliationscollective.ca/portfolio-2-1/an-amends-making-project-kmartin
Social Media link
https://www.instagram.com/globe.thistle/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=3e9943a2-eb93-41b0-af68-facc9c674d56
Type of work
Hand mending
Overview
I’m an ex-academic textile worker interested in the practice and politics of mending.
City, region and/ or country
Treaty 6/MNA Region 4 (aka Edmonton, Alberta)
Details
I specialize in hand-repairs of knitwear and blankets but take commissions only occasionally (for barter/trade). I can be swayed by art collaborations asking decolonial questions—or by precious family items needing thoughtful repair.
Bio
Keavy Martin (she/her) is a white-bodied ex-academic turned fibre millworker who lives in Edmonton, Alberta, courtesy of the ongoing legal agreement known as Treaty No. 6, and within Region 4 of the Métis Nation of Alberta. She attempts relationship through textile and fibreshed work, particularly mending, which she practices when not parenting–or wrestling a pin-drafter at Qiviut Inc.
Accept commissions?
occasional
Teach?
Yes