WE ARE PATCHED TOGETHER ONLINE EXHIBITION
We Are Patched Together is a collaborative community artwork produced by Lewisham residents. Over 120 makers from all corners of Lewisham from Deptford to Downham learnt creative textile skills from their homes. With the help of our lovely volunteers, every 2 weeks we delivered a creative pack with all the equipment and materials they needed for each technique. The makers, who range from age 7 to over 75 all had different experience levels before joining the project, some had never used a needle and thread before! We are immensely proud of every single one of our patchers.
Here's what they produced:
How to use this gallery - Make sure you click View More at bottom of each section to see every patch in the collection.
You can click on any image to take make it bigger and take a closer look!
Printing
Appliqué
Embroidery
Weaving
Darning
Embellishment
Who Made These Patches?
Round 1
Agatha Cameron, Alan Hill, Alexandra Chitty, Alexia Stephenson Black, Amy Harrison, Amy Quinn, Ann Thompson, Anna Luckock, Anne Creates, Annie Baker, Bunty Kane, Don Vinnay, Casper Ruddle, Catharine Smart, Catherine McCarthy, Catherine Wood, Cecilia Durbin, Cerys Smith, Charlotte Potts, Chris Whicker, Claire Stimson, Clare Wood, Colleen Odonoghue, Danielle Rawoo, Dawn Brackett, Eileen de Sousa, Eileen Doyle, Eileen Mead, Emma Street, Esther Edwards, Evren Filgate, Freddie Quinn Doyle, Gillian Spencer, Haadi Dawood, Irving Milner Hayes, Jade Le, Jane Walton, Jean Golder, Jo Clemens, Jo Fagan, Jordan Tepper, Josephine Scriven, Joyce Dudley, Julie O’Keeffe, Kathleen Howell, Katie Hunt, Katie Milner Hayes, Kim Knappett, Kristyn Mitchell, Laura, Lea Bonnell, Lesley Allen, Linda Gordon, Lou Whicker, Lucy Ann Whicker, Marianne King, Marina Kalli, Marsha Powell, Megan Hayes, Mo, Nahid Siddique, Nicki James, Oriana Casey, Patrick, Peter Kuznicki, Pupak Navabpour, Purdey, Reoh Bryan, Riley Quinn Doyle, Rosie Hattersley, Rosie McGuinness, Rowena Scanlon, Sheerin, Shim Whicker, Teresa Dunne, Tracy Clinch, Val, Viv, Zachary Robertson, Zainab, Zoe Neufville.
Round 2
Angela Gondwe, Annie Willetts, Catherine Morris-Jones, Candice James, Caroline Brown, Clare Phipps , Dani Diaper, Diana Locay, Emiah Vanhorne Newton, Emma, Ena Evans, Sheila Warr, Frances Scott, Freda Mcabe, Grace Blyth, Huei Wang, Husseina, Inma Ferrer, Jacqueline Black, Jan Skeates, Janine hill, Jo Vallis, Julia Bairstow, Julie Brooker, Kate Murray, Lillian Brown, Lottie Lashley, Marina Watson, Catherine Morris-jones, Muireann Grealy, Nadia Carter, Nella Buisson, Nicola Deering, Nigel Mullan, Nina Everett, Olivia Bergin, Olivia Scott-Berry, Paula Rycroft, Pauline Danley-Cox, Poppy Lingham, Ruby Hart, Ruth Leonard, Ruth Welsh, Sandra Gordon, Sheila Warr, Sara Clark, Theresa Webb, Valerie Rivers, Vanessa Legouix,
Special Thanks
Firstly to our amazing volunteers who have helped us pack, deliver and sew the patches, we could not have done it without you!
Jo Clemens, Andy Hoy, Jo Fagan & family, Jo and Agatha Cameron, Amelia Lind, Eduarda Craveiro, Ceri Lothian, Cathy Smart, Sam Little, Charlotte Bright, Jake Sanders, Rosie Hattersley, Peter Kuznicki, Elaine Mealy, Shim Whicker, Alys Smith, Lesley Allen, Frances Scott, Vanessa Legouix, Kate Murray, Sam Chappell, Nella Buisson, Julia Bairstow.
Huge thank you to Community Waves & The Arts Council for funding Round 1 of the project.
& The Mayor of London Make London Fund who funded Round 2 of the project.
And to our partner organisations who helped us find patchers:
Arts Network, AFRIL, Lewisham Foodbank. Sydenham Gardens, Bromley, Lewisham and Greenwich Mind, Lewisham Homes, The Evelyn Community Store, Bring Me Sunshine, Voluntary Services Lewisham, Catford WI, St George's School, Ageing Well In Lewisham, Grove Park Connections, Young Women's Hub, Community Connections Lewisham and Chris Carey Collection for lovely fabric donations.
Messages
To help the patchers feel connected to each other they were able to write a messages which we sent on with the next patch. We had some leftover so we thought it would be nice to share them here: (remember you can click the image to see a larger version.)
