{"id":1058,"date":"2012-06-25T07:59:37","date_gmt":"2012-06-25T06:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1058"},"modified":"2017-01-04T11:16:25","modified_gmt":"2017-01-04T11:16:25","slug":"guerilla-knitting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.co.uk\/blog\/guerilla-knitting","title":{"rendered":"Guerilla knitting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"sharer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1059\" src=\"\/\/www.devolkitchens.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/f8eb03a74f5aa5b3a4b64f9b837452b47dcf55e3-600x408.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"408\" \/><ul id=\"socialshare\"><!--<li class=\"fb\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dialog\/share?app_id=688330137993706&display=popup&href=https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.co.uk\/blog\/guerilla-knitting?img=\/\/www.devolkitchens.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/f8eb03a74f5aa5b3a4b64f9b837452b47dcf55e3-600x408.jpg\"><\/a><\/li><li class=\"tw\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.co.uk\/blog\/guerilla-knitting&text=Guerilla knitting\"><\/a><li>--><li class=\"pt\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button?&url=https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.co.uk\/blog\/guerilla-knitting&media=\/\/www.devolkitchens.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/f8eb03a74f5aa5b3a4b64f9b837452b47dcf55e3-600x408.jpg\"><\/a><li><\/ul><\/div><\/p>\n<p>The boundaries\u00a0of graffiti\u00a0have become blurred further with the small but intense scene of guerilla knitting. AR magazine\u00a0believes\u00a0Shepard Fairey and Banksy have\u00a0gradually\u00a0become absorbed into the celebrity world with eye watering price tags attached to their work, making their school of thought has lost relevance and\u00a0credibility\u00a0from the\u00a0communities\u00a0it came from.<\/p>\n<p>These woollen\u00a0installations have been often used for political stunts. In October 2010 Magda Sayeg wrap the hand gun of a war statue in Bali, a powerful way of undermining it.<\/p>\n<p>The reason why I like this art \/\u00a0vandalism is\u00a0because\u00a0people don&#8217;t know how to react to it, on the first instant its\u00a0graffiti, but by being knitted it has a \u00a0tactile and\u00a0friendly\u00a0appearance and it would be a shame to cut it off.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"sharer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1060\" src=\"\/\/www.devolkitchens.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/dsc09363-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><ul id=\"socialshare\"><!--<li class=\"fb\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dialog\/share?app_id=688330137993706&display=popup&href=https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.co.uk\/blog\/guerilla-knitting?img=\/\/www.devolkitchens.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/dsc09363-600x450.jpg\"><\/a><\/li><li class=\"tw\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.co.uk\/blog\/guerilla-knitting&text=Guerilla knitting\"><\/a><li>--><li class=\"pt\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button?&url=https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.co.uk\/blog\/guerilla-knitting&media=\/\/www.devolkitchens.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/dsc09363-600x450.jpg\"><\/a><li><\/ul><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The boundaries\u00a0of graffiti\u00a0have become blurred further with the small but intense scene of guerilla knitting. 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