https://emmasummerscales.co.uk Emma Summerscales Thu, 17 Feb 2022 23:47:12 +0000 https://emmasummerscales.co.uk en https://emmasummerscales.co.uk/Menu Thu, 23 Dec 2021 16:57:05 +0000 Emma Summerscales https://emmasummerscales.co.uk/Menu WORKPROJECTS EDITORIAL ABOUT MECONTACT INSTAGRAM EMAIL ︎ https://emmasummerscales.co.uk/Emma-Summerscales Thu, 16 Dec 2021 23:36:45 +0000 Emma Summerscales https://emmasummerscales.co.uk/Emma-Summerscales https://emmasummerscales.co.uk/Leather-Jacket Thu, 17 Feb 2022 23:47:12 +0000 Emma Summerscales https://emmasummerscales.co.uk/Leather-Jacket LEATHER JACKET 2017 Leather repair to a treasured coat. This jacket belongs to a friend. When I asked him for the “story” behind it, he gave me two versions to chose from. View More https://emmasummerscales.co.uk/Visible-Mending Thu, 16 Dec 2021 23:36:45 +0000 Emma Summerscales https://emmasummerscales.co.uk/Visible-Mending VISIBLE MENDINGOngoing Mending has the power to transform a broken item into something useful. Repairing visible gives the object its beauty and makes it unlike any other, increasing its value beyond measure.  View More https://emmasummerscales.co.uk/Subcultures Fri, 28 Jan 2022 11:32:33 +0000 Emma Summerscales https://emmasummerscales.co.uk/Subcultures SUBCULTURES 2007-Revisited 2022 For subcultural groups, clothes are a visual language of identity and self expression. My practice is embedded in the 1980s when I was a teenager. I’d customize secondhand clothes to create one-off pieces to stand out from the crowd. View More https://emmasummerscales.co.uk/Open-Eye-Gallery Thu, 16 Dec 2021 23:36:45 +0000 Emma Summerscales https://emmasummerscales.co.uk/Open-Eye-Gallery OPEN EYE GALLERY Look Climate Lab Exhibition 2022 The project explores the idea of interpreting trends using second hand garments, celebrating the joy of fashion without the climate suffering the impact of overproduction and waste to landfill. View More https://emmasummerscales.co.uk/TwareHouse Wed, 16 Feb 2022 17:58:02 +0000 Emma Summerscales https://emmasummerscales.co.uk/TwareHouse TWAREHOUSE EXHIBITION Exhibition 2021 To develop a culture of slow fashion, we need to connect more deeply with the making of our clothes. View More https://emmasummerscales.co.uk/Reclaim Thu, 16 Dec 2021 23:36:46 +0000 Emma Summerscales https://emmasummerscales.co.uk/Reclaim RECLAIM2021 Reclaim was an event about reclaiming your unique style by slowing down consumption and curating a sustainable wardrobe. I demonstrated some upcycling techniques and talked sustainability and ethics around fashion with journalist Sophie Benson. View More https://emmasummerscales.co.uk/Being-Human-Festival Fri, 28 Jan 2022 10:46:18 +0000 Emma Summerscales https://emmasummerscales.co.uk/Being-Human-Festival BEING HUMAN FESTIVAL Workshop 2021 My work as part of the event was inspired by artist Jae Lee Rhim’s Infinity Burial Suit, the second prototype of which is covered in a crocheted netting embedded with mushroom spores, arranged in a pattern to mimic the growth of mycelium.   View More https://emmasummerscales.co.uk/Fabric-District Fri, 21 Jan 2022 22:33:38 +0000 Emma Summerscales https://emmasummerscales.co.uk/Fabric-District FABRIC DISTRICTExhibition 2019 Taking existing garments apart is a beautiful slow journey through the work of makers past, some stitches leave marks creating beautiful snail trail details on the cloth. View More