Hi, I’m Nat Mendham.
a Tasmanian creative focused on mending things that matter.
My work lives at the intersection of art, resourcefulness, and resistance.
For me, it’s well-loved clothes, our connections with nature and community, and our sense of hope for the future that feel most worth repairing.
You can find me picking up a pen, needle and thread and using my voice to help fix things, one slow stitch, intentional word, community project, and radical postcard at a time.
Ways to connect, learn and work with me
Learn with me:
Visible Mending
Beginners and seasoned sewists gather round. Create a custom mending workshop with me in nipaluna/Hobart. You can also learn online (coming soon) or download and print a handy pocket guide to get you started.
Join us at the
Radical Postcard Club
Over on Patreon, I run a club where I create a new radical postcard each month that I send to the members in the post. They are delightful and disarming postcards that disrupt outdated systems and outgrow the status quo.
Deep dives and rabbit holes
substack newsletter
Substack is where you can find me deep-diving into topics I’ve been paying attention to lately. I’ve just finished a series on things I’m taking into 2025, like community building, sharing skills, and volunteering.
Meaningful ways to create
community connection
Creating meaningful community is deeply important to me. I’m currently building a couple of new community resources, but in the meantime, here is the free Community Event Marketing Plan I developed for small, under-resourced community groups to help spread the word about their event.
Reflections on repair
Mending stories
Cosy up with a cuppa to read helpful how-tos, warm words from recent workshops, and other mending musings.
Creative & community
Project Portfolio
Find a selection of recent (mostly) commercial and editorial photography and writing projects I’ve completed with a bunch of excellent (mostly) Tasmanian clients.
“Do stuff. Be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration’s shove or society’s kiss on your forehead. Pay attention. It’s all about paying attention. Attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. Stay eager.”