As you know I decided back in January to try and do a project through the course of this year, that would somehow help me mark the time of Covid. I had realised that I was in no way prepared for recording last year; but felt that perhaps I could do something to record this year.
My hankie project was begun and I am regularly astonished that quite so many events are noteworthy! I really thought things would quieten down and I would make the occasional foray into the fabric with needle and thread and have some nice highlights or headlines as memories.
Instead, I can barely keep up. So many of the markers are small, yet impactful. The speed with which things can still change - things turn on a dime as they same - means that plans are on, off, stopped, started and each time these things have an impact. Very interesting and surprisingly it keeps you on the edge of your seat just a wee bit.
I am thrilled to say I have finished March! I have transferred April onto a rather large handkerchief as it seemed so much happened, and have begun to stitch it. I have also begun the recording of May.
A selection of the sorts of things I am recording:
March
8 Bigger weddings and funerals in Queensland
9 Traces in Adelaide waste water from festivals
12 Brisbane Dr tests positive
13 Hospitals and Aged Care in Brisbane locked down
17 Our first flights - entry declarations and masks
23 No access to vaccine appointments
29 Greater Brisbane 3 day lockdown. Masks mandatory in QLD
April began with the Brisbane lockdown ending and finished with the terrible terrible news from India - 100 deaths/hour. In between times we have the absolute hopeless nature of our vaccine rollout "a dog's breakfast", Scotland beginning to ease lockdown, and Perth entering a 3 day lockdown. One could say never a dull moment.
The three months so far are all different styles and different sizes.
I learnt a lot from January's very pale stitching! I now have a suite of greys that are slightly darker than the original.
I am pleased I began this as so much happens that I actually forget all the little moments of worry. As I type this, Sydney has re-entered restrictions and folk from their hotspots now have to quarantine in Brisbane on return.
Things may be improving in some places, but it seems the globe has a long long way to go before things are settled.
it is humbling to see how very dire things continue to be, even as we begin to relax into a vaccinated ease ... India is especially heartbreaking, but I fear there may be many other serious outbreaks that go unreported
ReplyDeleteIt is almost as if I can't get my head around the awfulness of the places where the outbreaks are so intense. We are slowly vaccinating, I do wish we were faster.
Delete(((Fiona))) love the transparency in the layered images, will they become a book?
ReplyDeleteOh Mo, the final presentation is an ongoing discussion in my head! I ponder this, I ponder that...shall I back them? Shall I bind them? Shall I frame them? So many options and not quite the answer just yet.
DeleteF - such dedication - I would not have the patience for it. It will be a great record of the year. B
ReplyDeleteA slow recording of the year that is for sure! But it is mindful in many ways...
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