Slow stitched assemblages of colour, texture & memory handmade on a hill
inspired by the poetry of David Whyte, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Kim June Johnson, Mary Oliver, Rumi
find us on instagram – alchemicalreimaginings
Alchemical (re)Imaginings sits atop a (re)surgent hill in the Okanagan Valley – the traditional lands of the Syilx Peoples – where raptors soar, bears saunter, chickadees twizzle, balsalmroot dance & my wild imagination scavenges & plays
(RE)MAKING & MAKING
created & (re)created – (re)newed, (re)vived & (re)shaped – with love, care & playfulness
All items are hand-made & inspired by the world of alchemy – the study of the sacred – “how can i transform the worthless, the forgotten, the discarded into gold?”
ABOUT THIS MAKER
Kim Ondrik
is an Okanagan-based textile poet/artist & scavenger. (Re)using, (re)purposing, and (re)newing clothing, linens & ideas is at the heart of her work – fabric collage, machine work, hand embroidery & silk screening – the tools in (re)shaping and (re)creating – (re)vealing the fresh & sacred in the discarded & forgotten.
Kim prefers personalized, commissioned challenges, but does offer pieces that may captu(re) others’ imaginations – bringing joy, offering (re)flection, or maybe a suggestion of new desires.
For more information or to place an order ~ kondrik4@hotmail.com
THE HEART OF MY WORK
transforming loss into (re)membering
memorial jean jackets
From the complications of loving you
I think there is no end or return.
No answer, no coming out of it.
Which is the only way to love, isn’t it ?
This isn’t a playground, this is
earth, our heaven, for a while.
Therefore I have given precedence
to all my sudden, sullen, dark moods
that hold you in the center of my world.
And I say to my body: grow thinner still.
And I say to my fingers, type me a pretty song.
And I say to my heart: rave on.
A Pretty Song by Mary Oliver
(re)membering the beekeeper xo 
a personalized silkscreened Hulq’umi’num moon & bee 
colour & texture 
capturing the movement of bees 
he bought the original jacket in San Francisco in 1977 
incorporating the old & the new 
vintage buttons add charm 
(re)membering pops xo 
found words that fit him 
words, images, hand stitching 
the (re)verse of the jacket 
his very own baseball card 
photographs of Pops 
(re)imagining ‘Dodgers’ 
a Kitsilano grad who documented his world
Remembering Ed
No one will ever fill these shoes
(RE)FLECTIONS
When I asked Kim to add some patches on my ribbon skirt jean jacket, it came back with so much more love & attention than just sewing patches on a jacket would require. Kim hand-stitched beautiful images & words that added to the meaning of the piece. Her work is steeped in skill & creativity. It was an honour to have her hands add to a jacket that I already loved so much.
Cayla
Alchemical (Re)imaginings 