Mad Hatter Tea Party

Eugene Storefront Art Project is a great organization here in Eugene and Springfield.  From their site, they're mission statement:

-To place short term exhibits in empty Lane County storefronts while beautifying downtown areas and allowing artists a unique canvas.

-To promote new art and improving the quality of life while creating an artistic environment and making vacant properties more desirable.

- To facilitate happenings and events in vacant storefronts, urban spaces and community oriented businesses featuring the work of artists in different media, such as visual art, performance and music.

-To develop ways to use empty buildings as a temporary studio space available to artists until rented.

So when ESAP asked us to be a part of a installation theme Color Hungry, we jumped at the chance.  We were inspired by the color in Alice in Wonderland and thought a tea party would look great.  We knitted and crocheted blankets, doilies, fruit, flowers, edibles, vases and chairs!  Most pieces are for sale, if interested please contact us at knittingknotty at yahoo.com

Our installation is currently up at 402 Main St., Springfield, Oregon if you have a chance to stop by and view it for yourself.

Please visit ESAP on facebook to keep up to date on more artist projects and see photos of the other Color Hungry installations.

You can view more Eugene Knotty Knitters photos on our flickr.

Halloween Yarn Bomb

This yarn bomb was our first requested piece. Marc Time asked if we would be able to contribute something for the first Springfield First Art Walk. We had eight days- it was going to take place on October 1st. We picked a tree that was on the Art Walk route- and was also in front of the Springfield Farmers Market. A Halloween themed bomb made sense since it was now October.

Maiya provided the lace trunk cozy, spider web with spider, candy corn and a pumpkin. Spring provided a BOO tree branch cozy. Christina provided a Burton-esque snake. Kelsey make another BOO tree branch cozy, a pumpkin and a ghost. Mary made a bunch of ghosts! Candice provided the bats. And Dawn made eyeballs!

We heard that the tree was very well received by the public and we look forward to continuing this act of knitted graffiti.