It was such a delight to meet Annie Bolitho at the opening of the Alphington Community Centre Winter Art Show.
Her Community project The Pillow Quilt Petition aims to raise our awareness of the difficulties involved in recycling pillows. Well they generally aren't recycled.
Manufacturers such as Tontine have placed dates on their products suggesting that they have a limited life.
It goes like this.. " ... with normal use we suggest changing it by SEP 2022", encouraging people to throw away perfectly serviceable pillows which are not recyclable.
The art work is a patchwork quilt made up of pieces of pillowcases which have been used in community art workshops run by Annie.
Natural dyes and stitching have been used to create designs for the large quilt, and other small artworks that give at least some new life to the pillows.
And on the large quilt there are messages addressed to Tontine and IKEA calling for change.
I do admire artists who engage in community activities that encourage people to see the world differently.
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