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<\/a><\/p>\nThis is a Syrian table cloth. The embroidery is amazing. It was difficult to photograph, because it is black on black and it is stunning. These cloths were always abundantly available in the market place. Not so any more. They have been come increasingly difficult to find. And I needed this black cloth for my project. It took me a long time, I didn’t want to cut it, I didn’t want to part with it, but then I would think of the stories. The stories needed to be told, and I needed this cloth to tell them.<\/p>\n
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When preparing for this project, I had contacted\u00a0 Collateral Repair Project<\/a> \u00a0\u00a0in search of some items to work with for my project. I\u00a0was able to purchase what I needed for the project (more on that next time), but also included were biographies,\u00a0horrifying stories of what these refugees had endured. It took me months to read them all, not because there were so many, but because of the stories themselves. The stories that needed to be told.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This was not a part of the original plan, or design. It became important to me. And as I worked with their words, to place their quotes on the quilt, it remained horrific, but it\u00a0was their reality. I couldn’t turn away. Real experiences, this is their life.<\/p>\n I needed the quilt to look war torn. I burned it.<\/p>\n Then I filled parts of it with mixed media<\/p>\n <\/p>\n But the words. The words are the most\u00a0important part of this story.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n