Christi Beckmann, Besthoud, CO
Christi Beckmann, Besthoud, CO
Quilted Panel
Cerro Danta Collective of Women & Youngsters
Silvia Piza – Tandlich, and members of the Cerro Danta Collective of Women & Youngsters, Costa Rica
Color Membrane
Aura Madrigal, Irene Chaves, Gaby, Alina and Carlos Chavarria, Alex and Antony Gonzalez, Costa Rica
Aura Madrigal, Irene Chaves, Gaby, Alina and Carlos Chavarria, Alex and Antony Gonzalez, Costa Rica
Burlap Membrane
Mindy Thompson & Jennifer Marsh
Mindy Thompson & Jennifer Marsh
Lake Odessa, MI
Hot Plate Mama
crochet and knit
About the Gas Station Project
The first project of the International Fiber Collaborative was to provide an opportunity for people who enjoyed working with fiber arts, whether professional artists, hobbyists or students, to come together from all over the world to express their concern about the worlds extreme dependency on oil.The project was called the World Reclamation Art Project (W.R.A.P.), otherwise known as the Gas Station Project.
Participants crocheted, knitted, stitched, patched, or collaged 3-foot square fiber panels that expressed each participants concern about the topic. Simply by designing and creating these panels and participating in this project, they were expressing their concern about this important subject to all nations. All of the panels were then sewn together to completely cover an abandoned gas station in central New York State.
Documentation of the Gas Station Project was very extensive, from the beginning to the end. There were hundreds of contributors, comments from the community, many photos of the submitted panels as well as from various workshops and during the installation process.