Urban Miscellanea
2020-2022, 2025
Urban Miscellanea is an experimental multimedia anthology that celebrates creativity situated within the urban.
2020/21: States of Apprehension
2021/22: Urban emergency / urban rhythms
2025: Archiving
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Mia Foley Doyle2021/22
A mixed bag
Textiles
Bio
I‘m an Urban Studies graduate interested in walking and trying different crafts.
I made this drawstring bag using scrap fabric, ribbon, spare buttons and embroidery thread. I collected the fabric after reworking some of my t-shirts to fit better, making this bag in part an engagement with the crisis of the fast fashion industry, but my prime motivation was wanting to create something useful with these scraps.
A bag is an essential for my day to day. I spend a lot of time travelling by foot and on public transport, which means I have to carry anything I need with me, for both the everyday and in case of emergency. The process of hand sewing and embroidering this bag provided a chance to take a pause from the rapid, 24/7 pace of urban life to make something amateur and haphazard but still useful, even just for myself.