A Eucalyptus tree on the Claremont Canyon fire trail is enveloped in woven bark. Photo: Mark Humbert Mark Humbert and Karin Evans were walking along the path leading up Claremont Canyon when they spotted this new art form: bark bombing. Some industrious soul had woven strips of bark into a mat and hung it up […]
Yarn bombing
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Berkeley library welcomes back yarnbombing on racks
Fresh yarn decorates the bike racks outside Berkeley’s North Branch Library. Photo: Streetcolor Fresh yarn decorates the bike racks outside Berkeley’s North Branch Library. Photo: Streetcolor Some stories do have happy endings. Readers may remember in April when something of a brouhaha erupted over the “yarnbombing” of a bicycle rack outside Berkeley’s North Branch Library. Local […]
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Berkeley library not thrilled about yarnbombing
Now you see it… now you don't: these knitted covers made by yarnbomber Streetcolor for the new bike racks outside the newly reopened North Branch of the Berkeley Public Library were removed almost as soon as they were installed. Photo: Streetcolor One creative contribution to the newly reopened North Branch Library was not seen by […]
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Where in Berkeley? Valentine’s Special
Update: 4:58 pm: Ta da! We have a winner! Alan Aki correctly guessed four of the photos above at 10:42 am this morning. He will be the lucky recipient of a box of bon-bon chocolates from Casa Des Chocolates. Congratulations Alan. Thanks to all those who played today. And here are the answers: 1. Tennis […]
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A yarn-bombed seat on the Berkeley-San Francisco BART
Just as BART is considering how to design new seats for its trains — including what covers to use — local yarnbomber Streetcolor has come up with a suggestion. Streetcolor, whose most recent major Berkeley installation was the looped bike rack outside the downtown Berkeley Public Library, said she wanted to knit “something really big and […]
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Yarn bombing pops up in the Claremont neighborhood
Small example of stealth knitting in the Claremont neighborhood. Photo: Diana Baker Citizen reporter Diana Baker spotted this cozy piece of yarn bombing near Star Grocery on Claremont Avenue, in front of Laszlo’s Furniture & Upholstery.
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A squiggly bike rack gets a woolly makeover in Berkeley
On Saturday afternoon, another of Berkeley’s permanent structures was given a woolly makeover — as yarn-bombing artist Streetcolor and her assistant went to work on the bike rack in front of the former Black Oak Books store on Shattuck Avenue. A crowd gathered to watch the creation come to life, and Streetcolor tells us many […]
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Yarn bombers decorate Elmwood district
The yarn bombers descended into the Elmwood district on Monday and left behind some colorful decorations. They also put yarn wraps around the Rose Garden last week. For more photos, look here. The artist who calls herself Streetcolor said these yarn sculptures were inspired by the work of a glass artist named Klaus Moje. “I […]
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Yarn bombers strike again on public art in Berkeley
The underground knitting activists have struck again, and this time their target is one of the pair of imposing sculptures on Berkeley’s I-80 pedestrian overpass near University Avenue. The sculpture on the east side of the bridge now features a knitted cozy covering the book of the reader in the work of art. The sculpture, […]
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Stealth knitters hold ‘T’ party protest
The stealth knitters who covered the “T” in the Here/There sculpture on the Berkeley-Oakland border held a T/tea party of sorts this weekend. They were protesting the city of Berkeley’s declaration that they must take down the tea cozy cover they put up over the “T,” changing the public art installation to read Here-Here. Sweet […]
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Stealth knitting on public sculpture deemed illegal
The result of a yarn bombing: a knitted cozy on sculpture's "T". A stealth knitting project which involved creating a cozy cover for a piece of public sculpture on the Berkeley-Oakland border has come to the attention of the authorities who have asked that it be taken down. We reported last week on the covert […]
