The Buchanhaven Heritage Society are pleased to announce they will be hosting the following exhibition from 28th August 2014 - 3 September 2014. Please see the following press release from those involved with this beautiful work. The knitting of the Map was organised by a group of women in North East Fife. It took 9 months of planning, delegation and hard work. Knitting, generally thought of as a solitary activity, became a social and political act. The knitters were a loose network of thirty six women volunteers recruited from across the country and beyond. They hold a range of political perspectives. They werent all born in Scotland, they dont even all live in Scotland now. Theyre from rural areas, towns and cities - central, lowland, highland and island communities. They’re different ages, from different backgrounds. They’re not experts in politics, some were not even experts in knitting. What they shared was a desire to make a distinctive contribution to the Referendum debate; a desire to take part in an inclusive project designed to build bridges, rather than barriers across the political divide; and a love of Scotland - its landscapes and seascapes, its antiquity and beauty. Thats the heart of their identity. They expressed that love of the land: a kaleidoscope of impressions, memories and interpretations. Thirty -six rectangles (fifteen of land and twenty one of sea, as Orkney and Shetland are in their correct places.) Each person knitted to their own design - with no more help than a template, technical guidelines and a palette of suggested (but not compulsory) colours. They worked individually, or occasionally in groups, kept in touch through social media and had access to expert advice if they wanted it. These very different pieces were eventually assembled by textile artist and knitting designer Elena Costella.
Posted on: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 20:39:57 +0000