Posted on 02/15/2020 11:11:20 AM PST by BansheeBill
Over the course of his public life, Donald Trump has made any number of incendiary, bizarre and flat-out false comments. And since he began his campaign for the presidency in 2015, Trump has kept the quotes coming at an ever-increasing, ever-exhausting pace.
“I am a very stable genius.” “I alone can fix it.” “Why are we having all these people from sh*thole countries come here?” “Nobody has more respect for women than I do.” (The latter comment came the same night he referred to Hillary Clinton during a 2016 debate as “Such a nasty women.”) As much as they’ve become a central part of the 24-hour news cycle, including by inspiring rebuttals — the Washington Post says Trump has made over 16,200 false or misleading statements since taking office — Trump’s comments, since last summer, have also inspired a growing public art project, one that has now come to Northampton’s A.P.E Gallery.
The Tiny Pricks Project began early last year when a New York-based textile artist and activist, Diana Weymar, stitched “I am a very stable genius” onto an old piece of embroidery from her grandmother. Weymar said at the time that she found the experience “cathartic,” a way of viewing Trump’s words in a different context and of documenting them physically — a permanent record, so to speak, that could outlast the throw-away sensibility of Trump’s favorite medium, Twitter.
After posting on Instagram a photo of that work and similar textiles she made, Weymar began hearing from friends and others involved with needlework who said they wanted to take part in the effort. People also began sending her samples of their work — on handkerchiefs, doilies and other pieces of fabric.
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I started young too! :-)
Mom and Nana taught me. There was a large Ukrainian population in my area and I fell in love with the embroidery. I made my wedding outfit, and it was done in that kind of motif.
That is beautiful!
I love the embroidery of the Ukraine so much I did a college paper about it. :-)
Part Ukrainian here too!
Didn’t do my wedding dress but did my kid’s Baptismal outfits. Major sewing and needle point projects and a Blast!
My husband’s family were from a little village near Kiev.
But I was interested in the embroidery even before I met him.
I am glad I posted the picture because it shows how amateurish and lame the “anti-Trump” embroidery is in comparison to the real thing.
And I’m loving the response! :-)
My Grandpa's family was from a small town near Ukraine during the Bolshevik Revolution.
Shaped my politics forever. The Bolshevik movement came
through and took all their livestock and food while screaming “For The People”
Kamal Harris battle cry. Will never go there.
Well luckily, my husband’s family came to America in 1905. There were other horrors to deal with, but nothing like the Bolsheviks!
Some how my grandpa’s first job was WWI soldier when he escaped Bolshevik resolution
Have yet to figure out how.
I’ll bet there was quite a story there.
In the old days they just twiddled their fingers and toes and made baskets. So I guess this is progress.
and UGLY!!!
Yep.
Headed right to the “Museum of Bad Art”.
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