Since September, the two had been travelling across the country on a yarn bombing project — a form of street art in which the artist transforms public spaces with colourful knits or crocheted yarn or fibre. Bombing for a causeOver the last decade, yarn bombing or yarn storming has become popular in countries such as the US, UK and Australia. The idea behind yarn bombing is to reclaim public spaces. The mother of yarn bombing, Texas-based artist Magda Sayeg, started out in 2010 by wrapping stop sign poles and fire hydrants in “something warm, fuzzy and colourful”. Read:Stamped in history: Artist Shelly Jyoti’s works have Ajrakh prints on khadiChaudhary and Saroj, however, contend that yarn bombing has its roots in Indian culture.

Source: Hindustan Times December 03, 2016 13:16 UTC