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| Hand-Stitched Hamlet, Oyster Bay, NY Photo courtesy of Carol Hummel 2014 |
The Hand-Stitched Hamlet was completed in June 2014 with the help of 150 wonder women who crocheted 225,000 feet of 4mm Bonnie Braid (from Pepperell Braiding Company) into 500 pieces to cover 48 trees, 34 lamp posts, and 4 kiosks in the historic downtown area of Oyster Bay, Long Island, NY.
Artist Carol Hummel with her assistant (8-month-pregnant daughter) Molly Sedensky turned the town into a living piece of contemporary art during a 6-day stitching marathon. During the one-year-long project, relationships developed, friendships formed or were renewed, the lines of communication between people of all sorts were opened through ART.
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| Molly and Carol, Oyster Bay, NY Photo courtesy of Jon Maus 2014 |
Oyster Bay is now a piece of artwork for people to live within and to enjoy. AND the project raised $1,000 for the Youth and Family Counseling Agency of Oyster Bay-EastNorwich. Now THAT's art in action!
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| Check donation for Hand-Stitched Hamlet, Oyster Bay, NY Photo courtesy of Carol Hummel 2014 |
The project was sponsored by Patti & David McSkane, owners of the Knitted Purl shop in Oyster Bay; the Oyster Bay-East Norwich Chamber of Commerce, and the Oyster Bay Main Street Association.
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| Heart on a tree, Oyster Bay, NY Photo courtesy of Carol Hummel 2014 |
Like what you read? Check out the article posted about the project from the New York Times. And keep an eye out on Long Island next Spring for their next venture!
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