Tag: yarn bombing
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Grandmother Yarn Bombs Her Town in the Name of Art
Now when you think of the world’s great street artists, the names Banksy, Blek le Rat and Os Gemeos probably come to mind. But what about a 104 year old grandmother? Grace Brett is that lady, and she’s probably the world’s oldest guerrilla knitter, aka ‘yarn-bomber extraordinaire’. This English lass helped Souter Stormers, a group of…
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Scientifically Accurate Botanical Yarn Art in Brooklyn
The Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s current exhibit, Knit, Purl, Sow, is an entire show devoted to knitting! At the exhibition, expert textile and knitting artists have created finely detailed botanical renderings of plants, flowers and vegetables. The exhibit has been two years in the making and contains 21 works with 19 provided by artist Tatyana Yanishevsky, who studied…
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Olek Yarn Bombs an Entire Four-Car Locomotive in Lodz, Poland
Textile artist Olek has just completed work on what may be her largest piece ever, a four-car locomotive covered in crocheted technicolor camo in Lodz, Poland. The artist didn’t even stop to change out of a costume she wore at the Animal Ball in London before jumping on a plane to meet four assistants who began a…