Artful Mending_Elaine Alder

Event Info Join Elaine Alder at Co Creative to mend your clothes. Learn how to repair your clothes in eye-catching ways that not only fix but enhance them, telling a story and encouraging others to resist fast fashion, too. Your clothes have taken care of you, so take care of your clothes. Mending is an ecologically sustainable practice that can divert trash from landfills, extend the life of your beloved garments, and express your personal style.

Bio: Elaine Alder is a textile artist, printmaker, and ceramicist whose work is driven by curiosity, tenderness, and hope for the future. Through their work with natural and reclaimed fibers, they explore empathy, reciprocity, and belonging, with a focus on kinship that transcends taxonomic boundaries.

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