Featured Activation
The Mending Machine
Custom-built in the United Kingdom and imported specifically for Perth, the Mending Machine is unlike anything else operating in Australia. Participants pedal a bicycle to generate the energy that powers a sewing machine, allowing another community member to repair or upcycle a garment on the spot.
Each participant typically spends 20–30 minutes at the activation time for a repair, a conversation, and a genuine shift in how they think about their clothes. Care to Rewear facilitates these conversations deliberately, using the shared activity as a gateway to deeper reflection on consumption and circularity. This project has been proudly supported by a WasteSorted Community Grant.
Delivered at:
Hyde Park Festival in City of Vincent
Art Street Festival in Fremantle
Repair Lab, City of Canning
ReFashion, Yagan Square
Youth groups in Ellenbrook and Lynwood
Kwinana Library
Avon Descent in City of Swan
Murdoch University
Sustainability Expo, Mindarie Senior College
World Environment Day, Fremantle
"There is no battery. When the pedalling stops, the sewing stops. The relationship between the two people is immediate and unbreakable."
