Collected Item: “Lia Pas”
Name
Lia Pas
Pronouns
she/her
Website
https://liapas.com/
Social Media link
https://www.instagram.com/lia_pas/
Type of work
Hand mending
Overview
I mend using embroidery, sashiko, darning, and needle felting as well as upcycle clothing.
City, region and/ or country
Saskatoon
Details
Due to my disability and my allergy to scented laundry products, I only mend my and my family and close friends' clothing and am unable to teach.
Bio
Lia Pas is a multidisciplinary artist who works in image, text, and sound exploring body and states of being. She was an active composer/performer and poet/librettist until 2015 when she became disabled with ME/CFS. Since then her work has focused on fibre arts and writing with some small forays back into music. Her symptomatology and anatomy embroideries have been featured in numerous online publications, and are part of the SK Arts permanent collection, She is passionate about all things fibre, including visible mending and upcycling clothing.
Accept commissions?
no
Teach?
No