Let’s work together! Read on to learn more about the services I offer.

Workshops & Talks

Interested in hosting a workshop or talk that sparks meaningful conversations about sustainability?

I offer educational services designed to help organisations—whether schools, museums, or community centres engage with sustainable fashion in a hands-on and thought-provoking way. Through my workshops, participants learn the art of clothing repair, building practical skills and breaking down the fear of mending. I also offer talks that explore the environmental impacts of the fashion industry, the global history of textile repair, and how small, mindful actions can lead to positive change.

Tailoring each session to suit your audience, creating programs that encourage active participation and equip individuals with the knowledge to make sustainable choices. Let’s collaborate to inspire change and promote a more mindful approach to fashion.

Brand Partnerships

I partner with brands to offer bespoke repair services that help your customers extend the life of their clothing. By incorporating repair into your brand’s offerings, we can work together to reduce waste, promote sustainability, and create meaningful connections with your audience.

Whether it’s providing on-site repair services at events, offering personalized garment mending for your customers, or collaborating on repair-focused campaigns, I bring expertise in restoring and reimagining clothing to align with your brand’s values. Together, we can inspire mindful consumption and highlight the importance of keeping cherished garments in use for years to come.

If you’re interested in partnering to offer a repair service as part of your brand’s commitment to sustainability, I’d love to discuss how we can collaborate.

Research & Archival Support

I provide tailored research and archival support to organisations, researchers, and creatives exploring the rich histories of fashion, garment repair, and sustainable practices, with a particular focus on social histories and the documentation of community-driven projects. My work helps uncover valuable insights by sourcing historical materials, analyzing trends, and offering in-depth contextual understanding that enhances your project.

From exploring the evolution of textiles and labor practices to documenting the social impact of community initiatives, I collaborate closely with clients to ensure that the research is meaningful and aligned with their goals. By connecting historical, social, and cultural perspectives, I help bring greater depth and relevance to your work, grounding it in both the past and present.

If you're looking for expert guidance to weave historical or community-based context into your project, let's collaborate to craft a compelling and informed narrative.

Past projects…

  • Feature: Our Common Market | Fashion Act Now

    Defashion Dorset Festival, Hawkers Recreatives, Dorset, May 2024. 

    Meet the makers at Defashion Dorset: Rural makers reclaiming their clothing culture. It brings together members of the Dorset community, local sheep and alpaca farmers, fibre producers, clothing makers, and fashion activists, creating a collaborative space for discussion, learning, and collective action. 

    Local know-how, skills and customs are no longer being passed down to the next generation. Consumerism is a given. A collective sense of identity, on the whole, has been lost. But here, people gathered, yearning to cultivate a real and unique sense of culture that belongs to local people and landscape. When so many events outside of the Fashion capitals try to imitate the monolithic vernacular of Fashion, here we see people forging another path - both progressive and traditional. 

    Community spotlight

  • 100 Years of Shopping

    The Blandford Town Museum, Blandford Forum, Dorset, February 2024. 

    This exhibition illustrates the evolution of how we used to shop tracing the transitions through the rise of plastic usages, the notion of convenience, prevalence of disposable culture, and the surge of mass-consumerism. Local town markets were the beating heart of communities, where the spirit of commerce and connection flourished. Traders, with their stalls laden with fresh produce, artisan crafts, and a kaleidoscope of goods, transformed marketplaces into bustling hubs of activity. A symphony of sights, sounds, and scents characterised these local markets, forging bonds between merchants and customers that transcended mere transactions.

    Join the conversation about the importance of supporting local businesses, the history behind our packaging, and the positive effects that can be unleashed by embracing a return to our roots.

    Made possible by the Green Grant from Southwest Museums Development and Arts Council.

    For more, visit The Blandford Town Musuem.

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  • Cutting Corners Project

    MFA Pop-up Exhibition, for Sustainable Fashion Week, Bath, September 2022. 

    In collaboration with Sustainable Fashion Week 2022, this exhibition showcased elements of postgraduate research and practice submission, framed through curatorial activism and social practice. 

    "Cutting Corners Project foresees an already popular movement in the repair culture, ironically being tangled into a looming fast fashion trend. Could this paradigm shift resolve the fast fashion cycle or hinder it further?"

    Offering a voice to those who are exploited by fast fashion - from garment factory workers to all engrossed consumers. 

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  • Testimonials

    "Thea has been an absolute joy to work with. She is a conscientious professional; she is so easy to communicate with and any co-creational work becomes a beautiful collaborative journey. Thea's artistic sense and reverence for her practice is imbued in all the work she does, elevating her delivery to a careful and nurturing community experience."

    - Cèlia Domínguez Hernàndez, The Museum of East Asian Art.

  • "The leader was lovely. So attentive, helpful, calm and knowledgeable. New craft to me and very interesting. And a very practical skill that looks great in itself. I will use the technique now."

    - Sashiko workshop participant.

  • "Thea was of exemplary support to our team. Conducting herself professionally at all times. Was very creative in her work and flexible when situations changed throughout her time with us."

    - Director, The Blandford Town Musuem.

  • "Learning something new with a lovely tutor and forgetting the outside for a while."

    - Workshop participant.

  • “Thea Batty is a skilled and experienced archivist. I value her calm, methodical approach, and attention to detail.”

    - Kirstie McLeod, Red Dress Project.

  • "It was lovely to sit and craft and learn a new and useful skill, with others around me. It can be lonely being a carer."

    - Mindful Sashiko Workshop, Carers Center, Bath.