On Saturday, months of planning came together when members of Yarn Bomb Yukon “yarn bombed” the 70-year-old DC-3 airplane that rests outside the Yukon Transportation museum. The project was a collaboration between the Yarn Bomb Yukon Collective, the Yukon Transportation Museum and the Yukon Arts Centre Public Art Gallery.
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I'm trying to be reasonable here, but there's no way in which I can think this anything other than a nasty thing to do to an already beautiful old airplane.
ReplyDeleteAnd what a waste of wool, which I'd suggest might be better used by knitting blankets for rough-sleepers, perhaps.
I can't see it as being any kind of work of art, neither is it witty nor is it innovative.
No, no, no, it's just all wrong. Free that beautiful machine from tacky blanketry.
What if the poor airplane was cold? It does get chilly in the Yukon.
ReplyDeleteFrom the beginning of planning the project, it's been the intention of the Yarn Bomb Yukon Collective to donate the blankets to charity.
ReplyDeleteThanks for that information. It makes the project even better.
ReplyDeleteNag: the DC-3 was built to cruise in its bare skin at up to 20,000ft and 190 miles per hour. I don't think the Yukon will trouble it too much.
ReplyDeleteOkay, Anonymous, a good end result, but still I can't find anything positive to say of wrapping a beautiful old plane in knitted patchwork.
Whereas this one looks like fun, though not too good as blankets....
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