cass
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Lemonade Stand is a forum to talk about hobbies. Embroidery was a hobby of mine. **cass orders a glass of lemonade and settles in to tell a story**
Mid-1993
I could hardly believe the good news. U2 were going to bring the ZooTV to tour Australia, and this time......I could go!!!
After securing tickets for myself and 3 friends, the next big question was....what to wear?
The concert was only a few days before the official start of summer in Australia, so the day could be hot, but it might turn cool in the evening. I decided on a lycra dress( fashionable at the time, lemon of course) and a jacket, just in case. I decided to embroider the jacket with things that were dear to me. I worked on it each evening for the couple of weeks leading up to the concert. It helped me contain my excitement.
I portrayed a character who is very beloved by me, Dr Suess' Lorax..." I am the Lorax, I speak for the trees..."
So across the bottom it says " A Tree's A Fine Something All People Need, You Need A Tree". That's the Lorax standing on the stump of a truffla tree. It also says "pmara kutata" a term I learned from a wonderful Australian artist, William Ricketts, whom I had the privilege of meeting just before he died. I love his work and don't think it receives enough recognition. "pmara kutata" is an aboriginal word meaning "spirit of place" , having a sense of belonging to your country, the place you are from. I really feel it.
It also says "ta meri" a term I got from Wilbur Smith. Apparently it is an ancient Egyptian term meaning Mother Earth.
And the central part of the embroidery was reserved for a term that had long been dear to me and something I prayed for daily
"Peace On Earth"
you could have knocked me down with a feather when I bought the ATYCLB album and saw the song titles. I remember vividly the first time I listened to that album. Bono's performance of that song was so raw, it was so agonised, it tore my heart out. From that day I stopped writing Peace On Earth on my Christmas cards.
anyway , the jacket is one of my U2 heirlooms and now I know how to use a photo site, I thought someone might like to see it.
Mid-1993
I could hardly believe the good news. U2 were going to bring the ZooTV to tour Australia, and this time......I could go!!!
After securing tickets for myself and 3 friends, the next big question was....what to wear?
The concert was only a few days before the official start of summer in Australia, so the day could be hot, but it might turn cool in the evening. I decided on a lycra dress( fashionable at the time, lemon of course) and a jacket, just in case. I decided to embroider the jacket with things that were dear to me. I worked on it each evening for the couple of weeks leading up to the concert. It helped me contain my excitement.
I portrayed a character who is very beloved by me, Dr Suess' Lorax..." I am the Lorax, I speak for the trees..."
So across the bottom it says " A Tree's A Fine Something All People Need, You Need A Tree". That's the Lorax standing on the stump of a truffla tree. It also says "pmara kutata" a term I learned from a wonderful Australian artist, William Ricketts, whom I had the privilege of meeting just before he died. I love his work and don't think it receives enough recognition. "pmara kutata" is an aboriginal word meaning "spirit of place" , having a sense of belonging to your country, the place you are from. I really feel it.
It also says "ta meri" a term I got from Wilbur Smith. Apparently it is an ancient Egyptian term meaning Mother Earth.
And the central part of the embroidery was reserved for a term that had long been dear to me and something I prayed for daily
"Peace On Earth"
you could have knocked me down with a feather when I bought the ATYCLB album and saw the song titles. I remember vividly the first time I listened to that album. Bono's performance of that song was so raw, it was so agonised, it tore my heart out. From that day I stopped writing Peace On Earth on my Christmas cards.
anyway , the jacket is one of my U2 heirlooms and now I know how to use a photo site, I thought someone might like to see it.