Molly Rooke

Item

Title
Molly Rooke
Pronouns
she/her
Medium
Hand mending
Description
Self-taught mender. Hand sewn repairs are a speciality, mainly knitwear and denim.
About
I’m an artist, educator and self-taught mender. I set up Darn Good after teaching myself to darn during the 2020 lockdown, and found a real joy and love for mending and repair.

I believe in celebrating the changes our clothes go through and focus on visible, colourful mending to tell their stories.

The ethos behind Darn Good is a focus on sustainability and giving clothes a second life, rather than sending them to landfill. It is about making a conscious decision to repair and restore, and to rethink our consumption of fashion and textiles.
I not only repair other's clothes but I also teach workshops in visible mending, swiss darning, sashiko-inspired stitch and core mending skills.
Bio
Born in 1987 in Somerset, U.K. My background is contemporary Fine Art, with a BA and MA in printmaking. I taught myself to darn in lockdown and set up Darn Good in 2022.
Accepts commissions
yes
Teaches
Yes
City or Region
Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom
Item sets
Menders

This item was submitted on March 30, 2023 by [anonymous user] using the form “Application Form for Menders” on the site “Visible Mending”: https://visiblemending.org/s/world

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