I am sewing faces, from the obscene amount of junk mail that finds its way into my house, onto a big woollen blanket.
First to be stitched, is Charles Darwin.
Taken from ‘Was Life Created?’
Published by Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Britain, 2010.
It was thrust into my hand by two women, who told me to give it to my children. They told me about ten times the information in the booklet was on the National Curriculum.
*29.01.2016: Thanks to @arieljkline on Instagram, I am now pretty certain this is a photograph of the NPG portrait by John Collier, 1883.
* 16.02.16. Thanks to the fantastic Jacky Fleming on Woman’s Hour this morning, for pointing out Darwin’s impeccable scientific reasoning with the following quote: ‘If two lists were made of the most eminent men and women in poetry, painting, sculpture, music (inclusive of both composition and performance), history, science, and philosophy, with half-a-dozen names under each subject, the two lists would not bear comparison. We may also infer, from the law of the deviation from averages, so well illustrated by Mr. Galton, in his work on “Hereditary Genius” that . . . the average of mental power in man must be above that of women’ Darwin, 1896.
Great topic A; we are inundated with junk mail these days. Paul
Nice to see you Paul, hope you are well.
Yes, every day new material for me.
I can’t think of a single occasion when I have looked at a piece of junk mail and actually bought whatever they’re selling.
So if you sew paper onto a blanket, is it to create a piece of art. I gather you can’t wash or clean the base afterwards.
No, it couldn’t be washed. Some people would call it art, others wouldn’t ๐
That’s intriguing. It will be fun to see how the finished product turns out. Hugs! ๐
Thanks Teagan, it’s going to be much bigger than usual ๐
Great idea. Charles looks awfully lonely on there.
Thanks Teagan, it’s going to be much bigger than usual.
He now has a lady friend, Richard, just finished sewing her.
Intriguing. I’m going to try and guess who…
You will never guess!
The Queen?
You are thinking along the right lines…
Looking forward to seeing the end result but I also like the floating face in all that space! ๐
Yes, know what you mean. I always consider stopping after the first one.
I love this idea and I look forward to seeing what you do.
Thanks Claudia
I love this idea for a creative project and I look forward to seeing how it evolves.
Thanks Laura