Repairing Memories: Embroidering a family archive

The family photo archive has a unique opportunity not only to document the lives of our ancestors, but also provides an opportunity to help grope non-obvious personal connections and discover hidden details, immerse yourself in the family history and find the origins of your own identity. Embroidery helps to focus on personal memories, distracts from negative emotions and has a therapeutic effect.
At the master class in an atmosphere of creativity, we will look at family photos together, tell stories related to them and grope for connections with our own past through an appeal to family photo archives and needlework practices. We will try to create our own personal photo archive embroidered with our own hands, thereby paying tribute to the memory of our ancestors, realizing our place in the history of the family and the genus. To participate in the workshop, you need to bring a photo from the family album or a scan of it.


Presenter: Marina Sazonenko is a childhood researcher, graphic designer, teacher and author of programs on textile creativity.