Bed is completed and ready for the handmade paper quilt. Local volunteers added lots of hydrangea blossoms to decorate the headboard and footboard that are made from local branches.
Jane Ingram Allen resting after completing the “bed” with Newnan volunteers Tim and Jan Bowyer
Everyone is invited to the installation ceremony and dedication of the Newnan Living Quilt tomorrow August 31 at 6 PM in Newnan, Georgia, at the site next to the old Male Academy and corner of Temple and College Streets in downtown Newnan. The quilt was made with community participation in Open Studio sessions at the Gray Cottage. The quilt has a house pattern and is created with handmade paper from plants of Newnan and has seeds for wildflowers in the pulp to change over time and become a living blooming work of art.
Check back here to see the photos of the installation and the finished public art project that I have created during my 3 week artist in residency at Newnan Art Rez, Newnan, GA. It has been a great experience and a wonderful community to work with. Thanks everyone for such good support and participation!
Photos here are by my husband Timothy S. Allen (allentimphotos2.wordpress.com
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The ‘bed’ looks great, wonderful idea to decorate with hydrangeas, very creative! I look forward to seeing it with the quilt!
Tina
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Hi Tina, It is raining in Newton now! Hope it will stop by 6 PM, but guess we will install anyway, and give the flower seeds a chance to start sprouting. We will post soon photos of the installation and the handmade paper quilt on the Newton flower bed. Yes, the hydrangeas should dry nicely! The volunteers in the community loved doing that part. Thanks again for all your help when you were here. I am bringing you some souvenirs of the handmade paper.
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