Loving Earth: Some starting points for Earthcare – an alphabet book from the Quaker Arts Network
Author: Quaker Arts Network. Review by Annette Gambin
The Quaker Arts Network, which hopefully is familiar to many readers, has a soul child: The Loving Earth Project. It comprises a series of fabric panels on an ecological theme, and everyone is invited to be part of it. I would personally describe it as creative campaign, using textile art as a reflective process (and almost as a therapeutic tool). Carefully-chosen prompts are given to contributors as inspiration to express their environmental – and often overwhelming – concerns for the sickness of our planet. This invitation is open to anyone – amazingly, making a panel seems to require only a level of artistic talent that we are all likely to possess – and has to date given birth to more than 400 pieces. These are available to view at an online gallery: http://lovingearth-project.uk/test-gallery.
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