A World Map of Mending
This mend mapping project, incorporating the Directory of Menders, situates repair projects of all kinds on a worldwide map accessible to anyone with internet. It aims to (re)define and promote mending and repair for a broken planet. We invite you to browse, and submit details of mending work to appear here. Read more about mending
Latest Entries
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Kate Sekules
Engaged in constructing the hitherto invisible history and theory of mending. -
Lily Fulop
I love colorful, visible mending, and mend to make my clothes last longer so I create less waste. I also mend as a statement against fast fashion and consumer culture. I'm a fan of many adjacent crafts (upcycling, quilting), and also make art and design. -
Leanda Smith
Handwork and machine visible artistic mending| Teacher -
Charlotte Jenner
Mending garments by hand with sewing and darning. -
Mel Williams
I do both machine- and hand-mending, and teaching mending courses in the Pikes Peak Region of Colorado. I'm a fiber artist and sculptor, and I also manage a natural dyes garden in Manitou Springs, CO. -
Emei Ma @mending.my.life
Artist/Maker/Mender. Excited to explore mending with others. Creator of Lego Emei. -
Marsha Makes Mending Service
Marsha mends clothing to give it new life. -
Anja Lampert
I run mending workshops and do a lot of hand mending myself; occasionally mending commissions. -
Sarah M
I especially love to do visible mending by hand. -
Pat Rowan
Lots of experience mending by hand and machine, I specialize in less noticeable mends but also love decorative visible mending. -
Repair and Design Futures
Repair, a humble act born of necessity, expresses resistance to the unmaking of our world and the environment. This exhibition investigated mending as material intervention, metaphor, and call to action. -
Lisa Hutchinson
I offer visible mending, invisible repairs, darning, reweaving and knit fixes, saving ANYTHING from the landfill!