Imagine …
I read an interesting post on Whipup.net about an artist who does, “random acts of ‘public embroidery.’”
The artist, Ulrika Erdes, describes her work as, “cross stitching performed on seats in buses and trains.” Photos from a couple of exhibits of her public embroidery are on her website, so it appears that either permission was obtained to create the embroidery in these public locations, or Sweden is more accepting of an activity which would be called vandalism in the US. Curious, I contacted Ulrika to ask for more information, but I haven’t heard back from her yet (I’ll be sure to let you know when I do).
While I can’t advocate wielding your needle just anywhere, I do encourage everyone to think about different outlets for their creativity. So if Ulrika’s public embroidery has me considering “mending” a few of the feline-created tears in my couch with cross stitches, rather than contemplating who could grant me permission to beautify the chairs at my local library, the point is I’m looking at my world in a slightly different way — and a fresh perspective is always worthwhile.
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