Fresh Air and Poverty
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- Maker:
- Various, Community Project
- Date:
- 2014 - 2017
Patchwork quilt made in blocks of crazy-style patchwork, some with applique, with an outer border of strips. The fabrics and colours are varied and rich, and have been embroidered in different stitches with phrases, reminiscences and words relating to the personal, every day struggle experienced on the home front in the years between and after the two World Wars. It is tie quilted with a quick wadding. It was made as part of a two year collaboration between older people in Derbyshire and the arts organisation arthur+martha, led by artist Lois Blackburn as part of a reminiscence community project. The project made two quilts, A Bomber’s Moon (2017-18-A) and Fresh Air and Poverty (2017-18-B).
arthur+martha is an experimental arts organisation based in the UK. Their aim is to help people find their creative voice, building confidence, self-esteem, self-worth, through art and writing. They work with older people, people living with dementia, homeless people. Being heard is a human necessity that can get forgotten in a hectic care home, or busy world. They bring attention to the visions and words of people who are sometimes lost in the corners.
