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Workshop: Textile Stories
Culture · Saturday, December 19 · 09:00 · Paris
MAIF Social Club, 37 rue de Turenne
Free
We are made of patches and mended pieces. That is our strength. In the face of collective powerlessness, this project offers a simple and concrete action: to repair. Inspired by Japanese boro, a popular technique of repair and textile reuse, the collective work is made from worn clothes, scraps and reclaimed fabrics. You will learn a useful gesture: darning, applying a patch, embroidering a word, reinforcing fabric. Modest, reproducible actions in daily life that extend the life of clothing and question our relationship to consumption…
