Apparently these events have been happening all over the city since April -- people gather to crochet chains and circles that the artist will then put together in the woods at Camp Long next month. Beginners, experts -- anyone can join the fun.
When I first picked up this postcard at the Bakery and stuck it up next to the calendar at home, I didn't realize Mandy Greer was the same person who had created the strange and beautiful piece we saw at COCA several years ago called "A Small But Mighty Wandering Pearl," which brought up all kinds of intense feelings for me about death, birth, purity, beauty, creativity, and power.
But as soon as I saw the pieces of the river we were working on, I made the connection -- these foamy blue circles & wheels had the same kind of intricate opulence that made the the velvety red entrails so heartbreaking to me -- a sort of hippie version of a medieval tapestry, with the same sacred feeling about them.
Simon had never crocheted before, but Mandy taught him how to make a chain. (She uses them to crochet other pieces of the river together, apparently.) His goal was to make it as tall as himself -- and he did.
Andrew, too, achieved this goal.
Josie and Mikala worked on some of the circles. We can't wait to see our strands become part of the river in the forest -- and we are inspired to further flights of fiber fancy... Maybe it's time to work some lacy jellyfish into those waves on the chain link fence?
2 comments:
love her art! cool that you get to be a part of it. i'm all for fiber jelly fish. maybe made out of shredded shiny potato chip bags or something else non-recyclable that would be more durable in the seattle rain than yarn.
also, i just noticed the title of this entry and you are hilarious.
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