Domi responded to our invitation to participate with an exquisite, but terribly worn, hand-embroidered shawl. Domi, a migrant from Belgium by way of South Africa, embroidered the shawl many years ago when she had just arrived in Australia and was struggling to make a new life for herself. We passed the shawl, along with our interview with Domi, to the architects Lindy Atkin and Steve Guthrie of Bark Design based in the Noosa hinterlands. Their design expertise, attention to detail and respect for Domi’s story led to a surprising and illuminating transformative repair.

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Funded by the University of New South Wales Faculty of Art & Design and the Australian National University College of Arts & Social Sciences School of Art & Design. Facilitated with the support of the Australian Design Centre, Noosa Regional Gallery and Design Tasmania.

Chief Investigator: Guy Keulemans
Co-Investigator: Niklavs Rubenis
Filming, Editing & Photography: Kit Baker
Music: Oli Chang
Additional transcript editing: Tammy Brennan