The Visible Mending project was an Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funded project which set out to investigate the material cultures associated with the mending of everyday objects in the South West of England.
Steven collaborated with two Doctors of Geography from the University of Exeter, Caitlin DeSilvey and James Ryan. it started out with a simple blog, grew into the website A Celebration of Repair︎︎and culminated it’s research in a 2-day symposium at the University of Exeter’s Streatham Campus.
The project then prodcued a book Steven designed with Uniform Press entitled Visible Mending, published in 2013.
In Summer 2014, Steven and Caitlin were invited to deliver a paper on the project at the Royal Geographical Society Annual Conference in Kensington, London.
In 2018 the project then linked with Repair Acts, an international and multidisciplinary network of artists, scholars, designers, engineers, social, economic and political scientists, policy makers, educators, environmental organisations and enterprises who work on the topic of repair cultures.
Out of this collaboration came three conferences and a Repair Acts newspaper, which showcased some of the previous research for a new audience and also provided an update on some of the original contributors.
Collaborators – Dr Caitlin DeSilvey / Dr James R. Ryan
Steven collaborated with two Doctors of Geography from the University of Exeter, Caitlin DeSilvey and James Ryan. it started out with a simple blog, grew into the website A Celebration of Repair︎︎and culminated it’s research in a 2-day symposium at the University of Exeter’s Streatham Campus.
The project then prodcued a book Steven designed with Uniform Press entitled Visible Mending, published in 2013.
In Summer 2014, Steven and Caitlin were invited to deliver a paper on the project at the Royal Geographical Society Annual Conference in Kensington, London.
In 2018 the project then linked with Repair Acts, an international and multidisciplinary network of artists, scholars, designers, engineers, social, economic and political scientists, policy makers, educators, environmental organisations and enterprises who work on the topic of repair cultures.
Out of this collaboration came three conferences and a Repair Acts newspaper, which showcased some of the previous research for a new audience and also provided an update on some of the original contributors.