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Celia Pym, mended paper bag, 2024 Photos: Charles Emerson and Michele Panzeri

Mega Mending Workshop with Celia Pym!

Mending Paper Bags

17.1 2026

Malmö

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We make room in the Turbine Hall for a joyful Mega Mending Workshop! The London-based artist Celia Pym, who has been exploring repairs and damage in textiles since 2007, will lead us in a workshop. In her artistic practice, Pym works with mending, patching, and repairing worn garments. She believes that every hole and every repair tells a story.

Date: Saturday 17 January

Time: between 13.00 and 16.00

Location: The Turbine Hall

Language: English

Ticket: Cost for the workshop 250 SEK. Admission fee included in the price. Pre-registration required.

Prerequisites: The workshop is intended for adults. Some prior experience of sewing is desirable but not necessary.

Please bring: Feel free to bring paper bags from home. Perhaps one that previously held fruit, vegetables, bread, baked goods,or something else – any paper bag that has contained something.

You are also welcome to bring a basic sewing kit – sewing needles and, if you like, your favorite yarn. For this workshop, Celia recommends yarn ranging from lace-weight to very thick yarn.

Questions? Please contact Curator of Learning Susanne Lindblad by mail.

We are delighted and proud to welcome Celia Pym, artist and Senior Lecturer in Textiles at the Royal College of Art (UK).

Her tools are scissors, yarn, and a sharp needle, and her philosophy of mending is about exploring the traces of wear and how repair can draw attention to the places where garments and textiles are worn down and become thin. “Darning consists of small acts of care,” she says, “and of giving something careful attention.”

Celia Pym will guide us through a hands-on workshop and presentation, where together we explore damage and repair on paper bags commonly used for vegetables and other goods. You will have the opportunity to experiment with colours and yarns – various thicknesses (from lace-weight to very thick) and fiber qualities will be available.

The goal of the day is to have fun while engaging in a practical, creative activity and working with our hands. Pym also aims to broaden knowledge and understanding of contemporary ideas and practices around mending, visible repair, and the possibilities of repair as resistance to throwaway culture.

Together, we take the time to slow down, sew, and be present in a calm environment created by a larger group working simultaneously in the same space, with focus and craftsmanship.

Book a place in our mega-workshop—give an experience as a gift to someone you care about, or secure a spot for yourself!

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Celia Pym at work, 2025 Photo: Suki Dhanda

About Celia Pym

In 2017, Celia Pym was nominated for the “Woman’s Hour Craft Prize” and the inaugural “Loewe Craft Prize”. Pym is a Senior Lecturer in Textiles at the Royal College of Art. In 2022, her first book “On Mending: Stories of Damage and Repair” was published. Her work is represented in the collections of the Crafts Council (UK), the Nouveau Musée National de Monaco and the National Museum of Norway.