Sarah Neubert | Fiber Artist on Instagram: "Done! Also this song, I can’t even. I love to mend things. One of my favorite things about my partner, Nick, is that he wears clothes until they’re falling apart, and I get to fix them. I’d rather give something a new life by mending it than buy a new piece; I’ll thrift clothing items that need fixing from the get, and I honestly am thrilled when something rips. I’m not saying that to be sanctimonious like, “look at me, I’m SO environmentally conscious!” Saving things from the landfill is extremely important and we should all reduce our textile waste, buy secondhand, and mend rather than replace our stuff. But if I’m honest, a big part of this lifestyle choice is purely aesthetically driven for me. I think it looks fuckin cool. And that’s okay! Things, just like people, have more soul when they’ve been through a lot. And I like the things around me to have soul. We’ve all been scammed to believe that new = better. We’re caught in this neverending soul sucking capitalist brainwashing machine, and it’s disgusting. It steals our resources and our energy, makes us feel like we will never arrive, and robs us of the opportunity to be creative by beautifying the things we already have, which subsequently robs us of little amounts self discovery and self belief, day by day, until we forget we were all meant to be artists.I could talk about this for DAYS! And I do want to note that just having the time to mend things is a major privilege that we should all be mindful of. But if you do have the time, please consider learning how to love what you already have by fixing it in beautiful ways.To that end I’m making a tutorial for how to do this to furniture specifically. It will be available on a sliding scale basis so everyone can have access! #mending #visiblemending #mindfulmending #weaving #fiberart #fibreart #darning #upholstery #reupholstery #furniture #interiors #interiorstyle" | Zootzle
