Yarnbombing

Image courtesy of the Paper Button Blog

The days have been dark and long, and I’ve been chewing lots of vitamin D myself, so I was pleased when I came across this fuzzy tree. Kari, a fine arts student at Northern Illinois University, created this luscious work in her 3D Forms and Fibre Class.

In her artist statement, she says:
For my self-diagnosed Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), I often resort to my own remedies of eating dark chocolate, swallowing extra Vitamin D pills, and turning up the heater in my home. But instead of focusing on myself, I decided to create a public art piece that displayed to other Northern Illinois University members with “winter blues,” colors to intrigue curiosity and a discovery of triumph over their depression. Therefore, I named this piece “Defeat the Sorrow” to prompt the viewer, even though they may not be aware of it, to forget their sorrows and depression during these shortest lighted days of the year and to accept that there are still bright, encouraging, and colorful objects in their surroundings. With gray and dull images spread throughout the NIU campus like dead grass, bare trees, and departing animals, it is encouraging to see one tree that still bears resemblance of life.

To read more about the work, visit her blog post on the project or read about her other work on her blog The Paper Button: Handmade Items that Hold You Together.

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