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Two of the three are spelt correctly, which isn't too bad...In Glasgow, you say? I dinnae believe ye! It's like a healthy eating list.
'Yarn Bombers’ use craft to make a statement
Jessie Hemmons did her first public “yarn bombing” in 2009, crocheting a 12-inch cozy around a bike rack in downtown Philadelphia. It was small but colorful, tangible. She knows that most who walked past didn’t notice it.
Her more recent works in the city have been harder to miss: the words “TIME’S UP” in white letters on a 4-by-3-foot black background affixed to a wall; a pink bikini atop the business suit of a larger-than-life statue of a late politician known for brutish behavior; a quote from “Game of Thrones’” Daenerys Targaryen, “The next time you raise a hand to me will be the last time you have hands,” hung on a wall in pink letters on a green, 6-by-6-foot background.
“It started as something I felt I could do to insert a certain femaleness or womanliness into street art. I didn’t have to make street art as men were doing it to fit in,” said Hemmons, 32, of Philadelphia, whose Instagram tag is ishknits. “Now that the space and platform are there, I can start to be more overt and bring attention to certain issues like women’s equality and civil rights.”
Modern yarn bombing — also known as yarn storming, guerrilla knitting, yarn graffiti or graffiti knitting — has come a long way since 2005, when Texas artist Magda Sayeg used some extra yarn to knit a doorknob cover for her women’s boutique, then made a cozy for a nearby stop-sign pole, and then another. Sayeg, the “mother of yarn bombing,” unknowingly ignited a craft craze.
While some fiber artists choose to keep their statements simple and stick to snugly dressing items ranging from bikes to buses with interlocking loops of yarn, others use their knitting and crochet needles to create works designed to agitate, excite or inspire.
And they’re not the first to do so.
“There’s a long history of women using handicrafts, the tools available to them, for subversive aims,” said Hinda Mandell, editor of the upcoming book “Crafting Dissent: Handicraft as Protest from the American Revolution to the Pussyhats” ...
A piece of street art in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg featuring a large cross has become the talk of town after it was partially covered with asphalt just a few days after it was completed.
https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-49074993
This must be a thing?
Looks like Banksy has moved to BradfordThe magic of Bradford, near the tunnel thingy up the side of Wilkos:
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Looks like Banksy has moved to Bradford
Banksy's latest daubing has acquired some graffiti of its own.
SOURCE: https://apnews.com/9395357a334dc928bf39bd50df2cb74eBanksy’s Valentine’s Day mural covered after it was defaced
The family that owns a house in southwest England where an artwork from Banksy appeared in time for Valentine’s Day has covered the mural after it was defaced.
Temporary fencing was also added Saturday to the home in Bristol and closed-circuit television has been installed to protect the artwork, which shows a young girl firing red flowers from a catapult.
The elusive artist confirmed the mural as his creation on his official Instagram account on Feb. 14. It was later defaced with an expletive.
Kelly Woodruff, the daughter of Edwin Simons, who owns the rented home on which the artwork appeared, said the family felt a “strong responsibility” to ensure that the artwork could be enjoyed by the general public.
“Due to the mindless vandalism to the artwork, the family have taken the very difficult decision to cover the artwork to try to protect it,” she said. “All measures are temporary and we ask that the public are patient while we work out the best way to clean the damage, restore and protect it for the future, so everyone can enjoy Banksy’s work.”
Contemporary reimagining of the Venus de Milo.Warning, NSFW!
Interesting tribal motifs, with a hint of cyber punk.
Nice use of shadow under the balls but loses points for no pubes on them.Contemporary reimagining of the Venus de Milo.