21 ARTISTS AND DESIGNERS CREATED 29 PIECES FROM 47 SKIRTS FOR WOOL SKIRTS EXHIBITION AND CAPSULE.

ARTIST: Sam Bennett

SKIRT NO: 27.349

MATERIALS: Wool skirt, yarn, beads, button, coin, shell

METHODS: Hand-stitching, darning, embellishment

STATEMENT

"Souvenir is a skirt that has been around the world, probably more times than we know—from the sheep, dyers, spinners, weavers, sewers, to a store, a waist, back to a secondhand shop for Audrey to find, for Carol to store, and for Mae to finally pass to me. I spent the months of June and July traveling to New York, Oaxaca, Hong Kong, Marseilles, and ended back in Amsterdam, darning in planes, trains, hotels, gardens, you name it. In each location, I found yarn or a tiny trinket to add to the skirt, wanting to document my time in some way and remind us of a thing’s journey and the life it has had before us. Pink darns are original mends, while the blue darns are mended over a previous owner’s repair. A new pink stripe was incorporated to connect all the darns, and a small button from my Grandma Billie’s collection was added as the last token to connect back to Audrey." Sam Bennett

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