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July 8, 2006
WIP: Anarchy flag
Embellished anarchy flag
It's coming along.... I blogged it before it was felted quite a while ago. The I posted a pic of it post-felting, but here it is after blocking, ironing, steaming and trimming, and with an indication of how encrusted it will be once finished. I was thinking of a voodoo flag (or Drapo) that a friend of mine had when I started out on this project. These are heavily sequined pieces of wall art made in haiti and other voodoo cultures as aids to prayer. My own motives are slightly different, but as a technique I really like the idea of heavily encrusting something with shiny things. And I like the juxtaposition of anarchic symbolism with a manifestation of decoration and embellishment. Nice dichotomy going on there. And the fact that these were originally made as religious artefacts, transposed into a political symbol, but subverted by decoration. Progess will speed up now I think. I will post the finished object - maybe once its in a box frame and on the wall.
It needn't have been knitted or felted at all - I could have simply adorned a fabric backing, but I am enjoying the process and in my book, that's all that counts.
Posted by glittrgirl at July 8, 2006 12:00 PM
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