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- “Ripple” by Adria Arch and the Arlington Knitting Brigade
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- With so many people working on the project, she “named each of the trees in the installation in order to maintain an order. I wanted a variety of sizes of trees, and I chose certain trees in the grove and had each tree group work on that tree’s diameter.
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- “The installation is called ‘Ripple’ for several reasons. I was looking for a title that would not be too obvious, a title that would refer to the proximity of Spy Pond, to the circular imagery of the bands around the trees and to the idea that creativity ripples from its source, informing and exciting more creativity ever outward.”
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- View of “Ripple” from below the Bikeway
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- Arch wanted each tree to have about 20 feet of knit work, so she divided each tree into five sections, each about 48 inches high.
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- View of “Ripple” from below the Bikeway
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- Why? In part, she said, because the activity is fun, adds tinges of humor to creation and involves people in something bigger than themselves.
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- View of “Current” from below Bikeway
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- “Current” by Frank Vasello
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- View of “Current” from Bikeway down toward Spy Pond
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- “Gathering the material is half the battle,” said Vasello. “It’s a lot of running around under trees.”
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- He hopes that falling leaves from surrounding trees will fill in some of the gaps in the piece.
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- A graduate of Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Vasello has created over a dozen of these stick-based pieces and spent the past week installing this one.
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- Arch said she makes the final choices about design and placement. Several volunteers will help to sew the swatches into the 20-foot lengths of knit work.
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- Arch, a painter and long a promoter of public art in town, see this latest effort as a significant way to engage: Consider the brisk turnout of knitting participants.
