The World – a 20′ Tapestry by Vanessa Barragão at Heathrow Airport

Came across this textile art piece today – a 20′ Tapestry which recreates the world map in textured yarn by Vanessa Barragão commissioned for Heathrow Airport.

You really must take a look at the article to see closeups of her latch hooking, felt needling, carving, crochet, used to construct this amazing large piece.

It’s quite wonderful.

I’m getting back to some work myself, finally. I’ve been knitting in the evening – can’t yet do as many rows as I could before I broke my wrist – I’m still in the cast and it hampers my thumb movement. I’m going to construct the light green pants I cut out the day before the accident – I can sew now, and handle a pair of scissors (for short periods of time) and I can certainly thread and use the sewing machines. Pressing will still be a bit of an issue but I’m going to have a go.

I’ve also been preparing for the exhibition at Art Labs in Parrsboro from August 10-30. I’ve written up blurbs for each work and printed them on removable labels. The wall hangings all have sleeves for rods to hang them with built into the back of each one. I need to create and baste some sleeving onto the back of the lap quilts. Then I need to check my stock of dowels to see if I have enough long ones – if not, I’ll have to pick up more. I also need to make sure I have enough bulldog clips for the ends of the dowels so we can hang each piece from the wire hanging system at the gallery.

So, soon, I should once again be able to post about my own creative endeavours.