To Mend Together

Metaphorical lost connections

Literal mending together

All the feels

Connecting and mending

shapes
colours
patterns

Lost connection with family and friends....

?whY?

DISTANCE

Literal

DISTANCE

signal

To Mend Together

To create Together

Different countries

Different schedule

Quarantine

metaphorical

Video call to reconnect after a long time

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Talk

Catch Up

Re.Connect

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To mend an old jumper I have from my grandma, which has big sentimental value to me.

Using simple mending with thread to give the jumper a new life. Inspired by the designs given to me by those I reach out to.

Their input into whatever shape or image they choose with my skills to mending them into my Jumper.

Connect through a video call.
See each other. Talk together. Mend what has been lost over distance in time.

Cultural Diversity. P2

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COLOUR

Question to The person on the other side of the phone I call:

WHAT COLOUR WOULD YOU USE TO REPRESENT OUR RELATIONSHIP?

I WILL USE THE COLOUR THEY CHOSE FOR THE THREAD WITH THE IMAGE\SHAPE THEY GIVE ME TO MEND MY OLD JUMPER

I have moved away from my family. Started my own life. Called less and less. Life got more and more busy. I found my new space.

My most lost connections are with my closest family:


Parents
Two brothers

Why more thank one person? not too much to mend?

NO. Before moving to the Netherlands these people i have spent close to everyday with to what feels like suddenly not talking with for weeks. Not seeing for months.

I miss the time with them.

Do we uncunciously pick a colour that connects to our emotions?

I want to not only reach out to those I miss and need to mend with but also to create something together. To collaborate over distance to mend those lost connections and moments we used to spend together.

To together think about about something. Connect on a design.

To look forward to something, a new jumper in this case.



To create something together.

OR

With colour would you describe your feeling right now during this call?

Julia Guziuk

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Experimental Mending

Fabric: Denim

Sashiko Mending technique

Using a material in the bag with decorative lines on top

Fabric: Chiffon

Invisible mending Technique

Fabric: Neoprene

Decorative mending patches Technique

Fabric: Silk

Similar to ¨Sashiko Mending¨

Decorative/image mending.

Fabric: Unbleached Cotton

Invisible mending Technique

Pulled on thread to change shape and create volume.

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To begin brainstorming the video

Video Call

mending with family abroad

Video Call throuhg facetime, skype

Since im calling my family to mend through a video call, Why not creat/stage a video call as a platform to present my work, as though when watching you feel as though you are in the video.

Viewning the video makes you feel the distance of the family.

Feel the virtual connection

How will it be

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This is my grandmas jumper which she passed down to me. UNfortunately i stopped caring for it since it started fallling apart.

Or

A story / Movie telling where this began and how it was fixed

Dramatic, emphasise feelings and mend

emotional ...