" Landmarks " is the current theme for the Tag Tuesday challenge. While I made a tag celebrating the Sydney Opera House last week, I remembered an art tag I made for the "Italy' challenge a few years ago and it used a landmark! I am not sure now exactly the process used making this tag back in 2013, but obviously some background stamping and painting with a cut out of the Mona Lisa face and the leaning Tower of Pisa. And to complete the connection between landmarks and Italy. I am very excited to hear that a textile "map" of Newcastle ( Australia) created collaboratively by NCEATA ( Newcastle Creative Embroiderers and Textile Artists) will be exhibited in Italy next month. Already this textile art work has been travelling around various countries, but will be on display at Perugia University 10 - 17 September with other maps interpreting "where I live". Our Newcastle map shows many of the local landmarks ...
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