Make Do and Mend

Screen Print on Somerset paper

Part of my Family Heirloom series where I looked at some of the things left by my grandma. These are mending bobbins used for repairing clothing, and especially tights during the second world war. The idea of not only repairing something that we consider to be so disposable, but also of saving the things used to do the mending seemed like a very prescient message for our throwaway times. I also liked the colours and graphics on the packaging!