I started this quilt quite a while ago, and never posted the finished project. Here is a photo of an intermediate step:
The dark blue square represent the settled area soon after the camp opened in July 2012. The light blue areas were settled within 9 months, and the grey areas were settled within 18 months of the camp opening.The population had swollen to 80,000 refugees. The black lines are the main roads of the camp, and I have placed images of refugees making their way to the camp through the desert. Zaatari has become a permanent settlement for these people.
Final quilt:
Closeup of refugees: These were made by gluing scraps of fabric for the body, and felt pen used to make a dot for the head, and 2 lines for the legs. Netting was applied to help attach these to the quilt.
Great work Val! Please put a close up of the people, did you paint them in or wonder under? just curious
Good idea- I’ve added a photo and note about how i constructed them.
Well done – very moving and so terribly sad to think that so many people call refugee camps home.
It’s lovely Val! I was wondering the same thing as Sandy – how did you make the people? And did you use some paint on the plain pastel fabric?The background in the finished photo looks completely different after the embellishment.
I did a lot of colour washes with diluted acrylic paint over the background, as I just wanted a hint of colour (plus it is flipped upside down.. the lilac in the upper left is now on the lower right).