World Urban Art

On the wall alongside a little canal alongside the Spaarnwoude Railway Station

Spaarnwoude work in progress - official Graffiti

Lest We Forget Pillar of War Memorial Kilmarnock. We will remember Them Other pillar of War Memorial Kilmarnock

Nightknitpixie took a wander past the war memorial recently to see if the yarnbomb poppies made it inside & they are still there, just below the statue

Thank you NightKnitpixie

Kilmarnock War Memorial
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Kilmarnock War Memorial located in Kilmarnock, Scotland; was built in 1927 to remember everyone who fought in the First World War. The imposing structure takes the form of a Grecian temple. Inside there is a figure cast in bronze, ‘The Victor’, who’s head is bowed in silent contemplation of the cost of war. The memorial has nearly nine hundred names inscribed in it, a staggering number as the population of the town during the Great War was only 38,000. During the first world war around 12% of UK soldiers were killed; in Scotland it was nearer 25% as Scottish regiments were often sent ‘over the top’ in the first wave. The monument also commemorates those who fell in the Second World War.

Remembrance Day – also known as Poppy Day, Armistice Day (the event it commemorates) or Veterans Day – is a day to commemorate the sacrifices of members of the armed forces and of civilians in times of war, specifically since the First World War. It is observed on 11 November to recall the end of World War I on that date in 1918 (major hostilities of World War I were formally ended “at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month” of 1918 with the German signing of the Armistice). The day was specifically dedicated by King George V, on 7 November 1919, to the observance of members of the armed forces who were killed during war; this was possibly done upon the suggestion of Edward George Honey to Wellesley Tudor Pole, who established two ceremonial periods of remembrance based on events in 1917.

An email regarding Altered Environments, Knit Art Graffiti, Land Art, Guerilla Art, Yarn Bombing, Installation Fibre Art, arrived in my inbox. I knew nothing of those things.

Well that is not entirely true, I had been watching from a very safe distance. Now I have jumped in boots and all – and I so want to do more of this exciting stuff.

Some of the challenge is the fact my first piece was spherical – and not just because it was in a public space. Creating a textile piece using knitting as the medium is not so easy for a large solid concrete round ball. A SAGGY piece is not art or attractive (unless you create it so), so this has been a huge learning curve for me. I am used to pieces for the body, and some flat rectangular work (scarves and wall hangings). Circular knitting – I do all the time, but spherical – that is so different.

So I hope you come along on my journey and that you do not mind my side trips into other Urban art forms.