One of the best parts about art is just how broad its appreciation and practice can be, and one artist in Singapore is taking full advantage of that freedom.
Singaporean Kelly Lim learned how to crochet — using a small hook to create different types of patterns and textile designs using yarn — when she was a young girl, but her peers teased her so much that she let the skill lapse. However, when she first heard of an artistic phenomenon called yarn bombing, she decided to use her crochet prowess to participate. Now, Lim has a part-time business because of her yarn art, a distinctive personal style, and fun projects galore.
Some people compare yarn bombing to other forms of public and urban art like murals and graffiti, and they wouldn’t be too far off. Yarn bombing is a practice in which a yarn artist or multiple artists work together to cover every day items in public places in knitted, crocheted, and wrapped yarn. These items can range from benches to trees to traffic signs and many more. Lim, for example, knitted accessories from the Pokemon game and cartoon series and adorned several waterfront bronze statues with her creations in Singapore. Unlike graffiti and other painted murals, yarn bombing is ephemeral. It can be removed at any time, and isn’t meant to endure the elements. This means that whimsical and funny yarn bombings can bring a smile to the faces of passers-by without being destructive to the items the yarn adorns.
Lim is a devoted student of yarn art. For her senior project in a fashion design program, she even knitted her own dresses to show. Yarn bombing is, for her, a wonderful outlet for her creativity as well as a personal statement, a way to bring more visibility to her work. Lim is quite visible, herself, attracting attention by wearing her own knitted creations as well as chunky, colorful hair wrapped in yarn. Lim’s first experience with yarn bombing was covering part of her bicycle with yarn, and her passion hasn’t stopped since that moment. A client has now tasked her with covering an entire scooter with yarn, which Lim has already started to do. After a few days, a portion of it is completed, bursting with yarn moss and yarn flowers, adding a whole new dimension of fun to the scooter.
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To read more about the artist and the art of yarn bombing, go to http://news.asiaone.com/news/singapore/singaporean-artist-keen-enthusiast-unique-art-yarnbombing.