I just finished The Stole of Bandaged Hearts this morning, Old Man Crow will wear it to the gig at the Sandringham Hotel tomorrow night!
The Stole of Bandaged Hearts by Mo 2011
Help Ever Hurt Never embroidered on red silk gifted from Margaret Johnson & backed with bamboo felt
not all 144 hearts are here as some of them needed to be with their people
the ladders to hold the hearts are made of waxed linen thread
detail of linen thread and knots
The Stole of Bandaged Hearts is finished!
Posted: November 7, 2011 by Mo Crow in It's Crow Time, magic, The Bandaged HeartsTags: art, bandaged hearts, magic, talismans, thread
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Congratulations Mo, it looks wonderful!
Thanks for all the encouragement, will visit your fabulous Spindrift at Sculpture by the Sea tomorrow morning!
this is just grand. i love the additions of the feathers and that it will be worn.
thanks Deanna will take photos of it in action at the gig tomorrow night!
Beautiful!
Thank you Valerianna it feels amazing to be finished after working on it every morning since early July with Jude Hill’s Magic Diaries journey
Yay Mo, it looks fantastic!! I love the way you have put it together!! The added feathers and beads adds that bit of extra magic. Also love the progress pics. you have taken. Have a great night. Marg. ox
your Blue Spirit Woman gave me a lot of inspiration!
It looks great! I look forward to seeing it being worn 🙂
will post the pics as soon as we get back from the gig!
By the way, thankyou for the link to the fantastic “Sculpture by the Sea” exhibition. Enjoy your visit!! (I’m jealous) Hoo Roo.
Jenny Orchard has a couple of her wild ceramic “weeds & ghosts“
It’s so beautiful Mo, and beautiful in the way I love most…it’s not just lovely to look at, it’s got STORY woven in to every knot and every thread.
thank you Christina!… the last 2 hearts embroidered on either side of the “Help Ever Hurt Never” are for all the forgotten folk…the ones who we can’t remember their names or don’t want to name out loud any more or were too weird or wild or whatever (or we were) & so only in our lives for a very brief time… everyone matters and every word, both spoken & unspoken makes a difference for sure
It’s so beautiful. I wish it could see it in person. I can feel that there is so much more to it than is visible to the eye. I am honored to have a heart in the Stole of Bandaged Hearts and so glad I resisted the desire to have it in my possession. It is where it belongs.
thank you Susan the deep magic of your Spirit Books really spoke to this journey with the heartlines
this just sings with joy, it would be wonderful to see in it motion.
x-ed fingers someone had an iPhone and took some video footage & will send it over, ’til then here’s the link to the photos from the gig
so beautiful – love it!
thanks for having a look Elizabeth and Best Wishes for the New Year
just popped in from SF after seeing this wonderful stole there. A lot of stitching gone into this project, it is so beautiful
thanks for having a look Margaret
MO…..how could i have missed this….lovelovelove it
honouring all the hearts in our lives… this stole may well be the most deeply powerful work in my lifetime & Old Man Crow wears it so lightly
How in all my visits have I missed seeing this? It is amazing.
thanks for having a look Beth, it’s a very special piece even more so today