14 March 2017

poppies


A splendid ,large wall hanging at Whangarei Central Library. 


A vibrant field of hand knitted ( and perhaps crocheted )  poppies made to commemorate the Anzac Day centennial


Apparently this was made by a local library staff member - that's all I could find out.


I love it, so warm, tender, hands on and sad.


Come on Whangarei, give me more information.

Re-think......perhaps the fact that the maker is anonymous makes it all the more poignant.




9 comments:

  1. Those poppies are fantastic, whoever made them. xxx

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  2. That is so impressive and moving! The use of symbolic poppies has spurred so many beautiful commemorations over the years. I love this one.

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  3. That really is lovely. Do you think they will keep it up as a permanent display after Anzac Day?

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  4. That was the impression I got, I hope so. The librarian I spoke to was very vague.

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  5. How incredible! Reminds me of the massive numbers of poppies that were at the Tower of London a couple of years ago.

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  6. yes, I think it was a universal theme.

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  7. It was a lovely community craft project
    http://www.whangarei-libraries.com/Information-and-Research/Northland-Heritage/Pages/1000-Poppies.aspx

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