Making Do as a Way of Moving Through
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’is an ethic not an aesthetic‘
https://youtu.be/LonAbm0hYdc?si=v4iJeRkrIJg9Vkj0
It all starts with a pile of old clothes—mine, mostly. Stretched-out collars, stubborn shapes, sun-faded denim that’s lived through more than one season of me. I don’t toss, I tinker. Snip here, seam there, a little turn-inside-out magic. Not just for nostalgia, but from a need to slow down, to stay close to what’s already been made.
This is a kind of making that refuses the rush. A soft rebellion against the always-new, always-now, always-more of the world outside. I unmake to remake—not to erase, but to remember. The fabric pushes back, stiff or sagging, telling me what it can’t do. And I listen. I let it become what it can: something that holds, carries, contains.
Bags, mostly. Primitive little vessels for the journey—part cloak, part shell, part pocket for the everyday. Made from scraps and leftovers, from materials that have already earned their place. I stitch with what’s there, not what’s next.
Nothing’s polished. Everything’s exposed. The seams show, the thread wanders. But there’s honesty in that. A rhythm in the imperfection. This isn’t about craft as display, but making as a slower kind of living. Each piece is a slow protest against the fast and the disposable, stitched from what already exists. Gathering the worn, the overlooked, the too-much and the not-enough—and turning it into something to carry forward. Something stubborn. Something soft. Something that says: I was here, I’m still here, and I’m not buying in.
This is a kind of making that refuses the rush. A soft rebellion against the always-new, always-now, always-more of the world outside. I unmake to remake—not to erase, but to remember. The fabric pushes back, stiff or sagging, telling me what it can’t do. And I listen. I let it become what it can: something that holds, carries, contains.
Bags, mostly. Primitive little vessels for the journey—part cloak, part shell, part pocket for the everyday. Made from scraps and leftovers, from materials that have already earned their place. I stitch with what’s there, not what’s next.
Nothing’s polished. Everything’s exposed. The seams show, the thread wanders. But there’s honesty in that. A rhythm in the imperfection. This isn’t about craft as display, but making as a slower kind of living. Each piece is a slow protest against the fast and the disposable, stitched from what already exists. Gathering the worn, the overlooked, the too-much and the not-enough—and turning it into something to carry forward. Something stubborn. Something soft. Something that says: I was here, I’m still here, and I’m not buying in.
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