Mending Life is a beautifully illustrated, practical tool kit for repairing the clothes and belongings we love. It is also an exploration of how mending can be a gently healing practice in our daily lives and a small act of rebellion in a world where many things are discarded without thought.
SistersNina and Sonya Montenegroare illustrators, printmakers, menders, quilters, beekeepers, and gardeners. In 2013, they founded The Far Woods, a creative collaboration making artwork that seeks to contribute to a cultural shift in which there is a land ethic, reverence for nature, rejection of the dominant throw-away mentality, and direct connection to where our food and the things we use come from. Many of their artworks serve as educational tools, and their practice crosses disciplines to work toward an ecologically viable and socially just future. Their studio is situated on an organic farm just outside of Portland, Oregon.
Selected by Powell's Books "30 Books We Can't Wait to Read in
2020"
“In this thoughtful and gorgeously illustrated book, Nina and Sonya
Montenegro remind us what our grandmothers taught us: that mending
is a radical exercise, both in its creative play and in its role in
fighting consumerism and waste. For anyone who yearns to mend but
needs helpful advice, this is the coziest book you’ll ever
own.”
—Lisa Congdon, artist and author
“[Mending Life] positions making things by hand as a path to a less
consumerist, more centered, maybe even more spiritual
existence.”
—Publishers Weekly
“Mending Life is equal parts illustrated textile repair primer
and gentle prescription for fixing our fraught relationships with
the planet and each other.”
—Yes! Magazine
“With a guiding mantra that 'There’s nothing broken that can’t be
fixed,' this very accessible guide will encourage readers to look
with hopeful possibility at their well-worn, well-loved
clothes.”
—Booklist
“This powerful book, full of care and gratitude, will inspire you
to give new love and attention to the objects in your wardrobe. But
it will also awaken you, challenging you to rethink your
outlook on the world and your role in it.”
—Anna Brones, author of Fika and Live Lagom
"A book to use long after the first reading. Like the garments the
authors so carefully tend to, these pages are sure to take on the
stains of well-worn, well-loved readings."
—Library Journal
“Mending Life walks newbie sewers through the process of
mending their clothing in visible, stylish ways.”
—Portland Monthly
“It is so refreshing to read through this beautifully organized and
illustrated book. It will inspire you to take the time to
engage with your second skin in a manner that was almost lost to
the tsunami of fast fashion. Regenerating your wardrobe with your
own two hands is an act that gives the planet an opportunity to
rest and repair itself."
—Rebecca Burgess, founder of Fibershed and author of Fibershed
and Harvesting Color
“This is a heartwarming tribute to generations before us as much as
it is a practical and mindful toolkit for learning to repair our
belongings. You’ll be well equipped to tackle any snag, hole, or
frayed end. A patch we mend into our favorite jeans becomes a
thoughtful story about what we value. This is a book to
treasure.”
—Andrea Marie Sanders, meditation teacher and artist
“Mending Life invites us back into real care and love for the
material world, and by extension, all the worlds of our
experience.”
—Charles Eisenstein, author of Sacred Economics, The More
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