the mending project
London
After leaving California I missed the community engagement that my San Francisco mending projects brought to my art practice. As a result in October 2022 I started The Mending Project in my London neighborhood. In collaboration with the Response Community Project in Earl’s Court, I offer free mending services to local residents on Monday mornings. People drop in and have their garments repaired, learn to recycle or repair a worn item and have a chat over a cup of tea.
san francisco
tenderloin mending
Once a crack alley, the Tenderloin National Forest in San Francisco now provides a safe place to gather. Free mending is offered to the community within a challenging and vibrant neighbourhood on a monthly basis.
pop-ups
Installed next to Lava Mae’s Free Clothing booth
The Mending Society members set up shop and made sure donated clothes fit their unhoused owners.