Tag: Amy Sperber

  • The Radical Act of Repair: Artful, Visible Mending

    It may be a radical idea, but you don’t always need to hide your mending. Your stitching can be admired. Students and faculty members recently participated in “Radical Acts of Repair,” a workshop featuring noted textile artist Celia Pym remotely from London. It explored darning and the art of textile repair. Round patched darning techniques…

  • Much More Than Design Itself: Emerging Senior Thesis by Karo Buttler

    Karo Buttler’s senior thesis project offers an enormous amount of detail on design, manufacturability, materials and sustainability. Her insights were hard-won, and speak not only to her curiosity and versatility, but also to the special learning opportunities offered by FIT – opportunities that expand arguments way beyond simple, facile explanations. Buttler describes her project, “everest,”…