World Urban Art

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.

A knitted sphere cover was installed outside Vodafone side door in Maastricht Friday 23rd April 2010 at about 7.30am The picture gallery from Connielene is here

There were 3 balls and the one closest to the road was covered with the red and white Vodafone logo knitted piece. Vodafone Maastricht Ball Cover

We are about 3 hours from Maastricht so cannot report if the knitted cover remained after 3.30pm on Friday.

A new piece of knit graffiti will be installed on Friday morning in Maastricht, before breakfast even. There are several issues for the installer – it will be daylight, and it hasn’t been tested. Best Beloved did the measurements, hope he recorded them correctly

But the question is “Will it be an Orange piece”, or Will it actually be the Red & White one? Whichever colour it is, it will be round.

Orange or maybe it will be Red & White

So from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia I see that

A sphere (from Greek σφαῖρα—sphaira, “globe, ball”) is a perfectly round geometrical object in three-dimensional space, such as the shape of a round ball. Like a circle in three dimensions, a perfect sphere is completely symmetrical around its center, with all points on the surface lying the same distance from the center point. This distance is known as the radius of the sphere. The maximum straight distance through the sphere is known as the diameter of the sphere. It passes through the center and is thus twice the radius.

In higher mathematics, a careful distinction is made between the sphere (a two-dimensional spherical surface embedded in three-dimensional Euclidean space) and the ball (the three-dimensional shape consisting of a sphere and its interior). See the Wikipedia article here

So there we have it.

In the Beginning there was a cold tree in Haarlem

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And the tree still has its scarf – nearly 6 weeks later.

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.

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

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

Was I bored – no I don’t think I have ever been bored with knitting, was I down, No – have been there. No I was uplifted and transported. This was not a religious experience, so don’t take it the wrong way – I am just plain excited.

I have been considering just what Urban Art is or could be and I found a car – created from a pile of metal pieces, concrete ball covered with a Ball Warmer, and lots in between. So this will be Fibre Art in the urban environment from open spaces, concrete constructions, to vehicles and to whatever else turns up in the discovery process.

World Urban Art – is online now

The site is still to be set up – but if you have found us please remember to come back and check as this will grow and change as all urban environments do.

We are adding works from previous events and opportunities to photograph sculpture. These we have dated back from the even itself. So the website starts now – February 2010 – but we have been photographing sculpture for a long time. I hope that something here sparks your imagination.