Norwegian Sweater

After a vision to Noweigian artist Annemor Sundbø´s 1-tonne collection of salvaged hand knitting, Celia Pym was given this severly frayed sweater. She dutifully darned it back together using white yarn. its once-ttattered formis a deliberate juxtaposition between destruction and restoration. Conjuring up ideas about how we care for craft, the regenerated sweater is now a discernible -and wearable- ode to the oft-unseen work of the seamstress. Celia Pym, with a background in sculpture, London-born artist saw her morning studio ritual of knitting,gradually refocus her attention to the artful expression of needlework. Questioning the invisibility of restoration is woven into her work.