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So what ‘s the inspiration for the Winterlude Urban Cozy Project  next month?

Throughout the years we’ve definitely been inspired [...]

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Graffiti in San Fran’s Haight District (2007)

So what ‘s the inspiration for the Winterlude Urban Cozy Project  next month?

Throughout the years we’ve definitely been inspired by urban art/craft movements around the world and our love for cities. Here’s some examples (all the photos can be found here):

Knit It! On Parliament Hill
Knitting up around monuments and Parliament Hill in Ottawa (2005)

 

Ottawa Sticker Street Art: June 2009
Spotting sticker art in Ottawa (2008)

 

Flower Bombs at Museum of Civilization
Making textile flowers for a unique garden with Janet Morton at the Canadian Museum of Civilization (2007)


Felt Up at the World Urban Forum in Vancouver
Creating wet felt graffiti at the World Urban Forum in Vancouver (2006)


Street Art/Graffiti in Mission District, San Francisco
Graffiti in San Fran’s Mission District (2007)

Banksy's Cans Festival
Checking out Banksy’s and other graffiti artists’ work in London at the Cans Festival (2008)

 

Banksy’s Cans Festival
Spotting Space Invader blocks in London (and Paris, Barcelona and Amsterdam) (2007-8)

Hanging by a Thread In Berlin
Taking photos of statues and my UFOs (unfinished knitting objects) in Berlin (2005)

Hanging by a Thread In Berlin
Spotting strands of knit graffiti outside a yarn store in Mitte, Berlin (2005)

 
Smiling Disposal Bins in Copenhagen
Smiling Disposal Bins in Copenhagen (2008)

Street art from Portrait Gallery
Street Art from the National Portrait Gallery in Ottawa (2008)

Another inspiration? My graduate dissertation in 2008 on the topic of creative identity and the city. I interviewed Ottawa-based artists/crafters/designers and had them take photos of the city. Above is a photo taken by one of the artists I interviewed of street art from Canada’s National Portrait Gallery. You can see the rest of her photos here.

Signs of the City - Street Art in Hackney, London
Signs of the City – Street Art in Hackney, London (2008)

The method I used to collect visual information was inspired by a youth workshop, called Signs of the City – Metropolis Speaking, that I took at Space Studios in London in 2008.  The photos we took were part of a larger European initiative and were made available online and publicly displayed in Barcelona, Berlin and Sofia. It is such a fantastic project, particularly inspiring young people to make visual sense of their urban surroundings. Above is one of my photos. You can check out the rest of my photos here.

How has your city inspired you, in your daily life and in  your craft/art/music activities? I’d love to hear your thoughts!

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