Fall 2023: Letting Go

Embodied Stitching is a term I coined to explain a deeper, more contemplative way of making that cultivates greater awareness of the self and others. It follows a process of grounding and short guided-mindfulness practice, anchored to an intuitive prompt. This flows into a free-writing process, which is then translated into a stitched form. The stitched form becomes the archive of the process. Finally, participants have the opportunity to share: whether that be the story they have unearthed, how they found the process, and/or anything else that came up for them. It provides opportunities to learn and unlearn ways of interacting with the materials as well as oneself.

Embodied Stitching

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During a Fall ceremony in 2023, centred around the theme of "letting go”, the group took the practice a step further and buried their creation in the Earth, offering it back and letting go of attachment to stories and the product of making.

Participant letting go of stitching and associated writing and offering it back to the earth:
prioritizing the process over the product