'OFFERING OF FLOWERS
Offered at Kasteel Keukenhof, Lisse, august 2014, in commission of Stichting Kunst in Duin.
In this part of Holland, the cultivation of flowers in internationaly known. Too much or too little water has a big influence on the harvest. We try to regulate it. But we stay dependant of nature.
Through the ages we did much to keep nature as a friend. Recently by building dikes and digging canals. In the past by bringing offers. So that the harvest would be good and people would not drown.
With the installation 'OFFERING OF FLOWERS' I visualise this theme. An offering to nature, of hundreds of crochet flowers. To keep nature as a friend. By means of what I can give: colour and time. An offering of fragments of cheerful beauty.
I invited people to work with me to create this 'OFFERING OF FLOWERS'. By working on a crochet flower. So that we would be many to bring the offering. Many flowers, offered by many.
I made a blog about the making of the offer, with the help of many. http://inevanson.exto.nl/blog_post/153743610_BLOEMENOFFER%2C+OFFERING+OF+FLOWERS.html#.VA3CDVfp_XT