Thursday, 9 May 2013

Strand Arcade, yarn bombing

This artwork has been installed in the Strand Arcade to celebrate Wool Week. Textile artist Magda Sayeg has created an installation of two six-metre-tall fibreglass gumtrees and a lamp post wrapped in over 600 metres of colourful Australian Merino wool. This type of graffiti art which involves covering trees, lamp posts or other objects in knitting is known as "yarn bombing".
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17 comments:

  1. Allan LloydThursday, 9 May 2013 at 07:36:00 GMT+10

    Thanks for this shot, Jim. Not for the yarn bombing, just the Strand Arcade – still remembered after forty years living away from Sydney as a real touch of class. Hope it still is.

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  2. RedPatThursday, 9 May 2013 at 08:15:00 GMT+10

    That is such fun!!

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  3. Gerald (SK14)Thursday, 9 May 2013 at 16:43:00 GMT+10

    heard of these things all over the place but never actually encountered one yet

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  4. MarleenThursday, 9 May 2013 at 16:49:00 GMT+10

    Amazing! I have seen this on a small scale, but never with this much wool.

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  5. PeterThursday, 9 May 2013 at 17:20:00 GMT+10

    looks so good. Shannon Reserve is in Crown Street opposite the library.

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    1. JimThursday, 9 May 2013 at 22:22:00 GMT+10

      Thanks, Peter. I go there all the time but didn't recognise it from your angle.

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  6. AndyThursday, 9 May 2013 at 19:48:00 GMT+10

    Yarn bombing and textile artist are all new to me. It looks like they can produce really cool colourful pieces of art.

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  7. Joan ElizabethThursday, 9 May 2013 at 19:53:00 GMT+10

    I think yarn bombing is just plain wierd, though with this one being a fake tree so I guess is it art.

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  8. LeoviThursday, 9 May 2013 at 19:55:00 GMT+10

    I love this beautiful tree, nice photo!

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  9. HelsThursday, 9 May 2013 at 21:04:00 GMT+10

    Strand Arcade looks fantastic and so does the tree. Go Magda!

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  10. HalcyonThursday, 9 May 2013 at 22:02:00 GMT+10

    Love this one! Great colors and really gave me a smile to see a tree in a sweater. :)

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  11. Tanya BreeseThursday, 9 May 2013 at 22:07:00 GMT+10

    i like that, much nicer than ugly graffiti!

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  12. PerthDailyPhotoThursday, 9 May 2013 at 23:58:00 GMT+10

    Well we are coming up for winter Jim :)

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  13. PatFriday, 10 May 2013 at 00:15:00 GMT+10

    Love the perspective of this shot, and what a great idea to wrap the tree in yarn! Colorful AND gets the idea across!

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  14. AnonymousFriday, 10 May 2013 at 03:04:00 GMT+10

    Love the yarn bombing

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  15. genieFriday, 10 May 2013 at 09:43:00 GMT+10

    I am a knitter and I think this is the coolest idea ever. Would love to see it done here in the US. So colorful and pretty. genie

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  16. JoeMonday, 13 May 2013 at 17:13:00 GMT+10

    Love the rainbowed tree trunk. Many of the trees in a park near us were covered in crocheted wool during a recent festival. There was a tag on each one indicating that they had been the subject of "crochet bombing". The term did give me a chuckle at the time.

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