Saturday 8 August 2026
1-3pm
Make do and mend workshop
With Denise Zygadlo
Free, drop in
Do you have a garment that needs a little darning, patching or altering that you would like some time or inspiration to fix?
Denise Zygadlo is back at Cample for another ‘Make Do and Mend’ workshop this August – do join us for a relaxed afternoon of mending and sewing.
Over the afternoon, Denise will be on hand to share a number of mending techniques, including darning, patching and visible mending.
Responding to our current exhibition Murmuration by Majd Abdel Hamid, Denise will also include embroidery as a way of mending, and she will be talking about her own approach to mending as an extension of her artistic practice.
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What to bring: Please bring along any garments or items that needs darning, patching or altering. There will be a few tools and materials such as needles and threads available, but feel free to bring your own.
Access:
Our team’s Access contact is Emma. If there is anything we can do to help you participate in our events and activities, or if you have accessibility requirements or access questions you would like to discuss, please be in touch with her by email or by phone: emma[@]campleline.org.uk | 01848 331000
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Denise Zygadlo lives and works in Dumfriesshire in Scotland. Her work includes drawing, printing, performance and installation. Trained in printed textiles, Denise worked with several design studios, before moving from London to Dumfries in 1980. She regularly shows with the Scottish Society of Artists. She has exhibited widely, recently showing work in exhibitions in Peebles and Galashiels.
Denise has said: ‘I trained as a textile designer, but it is only more recently that I realised the importance fabric has played throughout my life and the emotional connections we all have with cloth – from the moment we are first wrapped or swaddled to our last windings on our final journey. So cloth is usually a focus for my work, whether through small intimate drawings or large detailed drawings exploring body shape and pattern.’
