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Well-known NZ street artists are making a fence – of street art – to be shown and sewn in the open – by different communities [over a cup of tea].

It’s about conversation and community – it’s also about craft – nana craft but not as your nana might have done it.

Images, big ones, are sprayed on to fence mesh and then whoever chooses can come and handsew to help finish these works [and learn a craft at the same time].

At Splore there will be eight images to honour six grandmothers or great-grandmothers. These images show the work in progress of a piece called 'For Pat' painted by Wellington street artist, Sean Duffell. Here's how he describes this work ...

My grandmother Patricia loved Pansies and my mum said she always used to say “a pansy for your thought”. Mum could never understand what she meant by this until I talked to her about this project and how I could graphically pay homage to Gran. We talked about using the Pansy flower and it turned out that the name Pansy is derived from the French word pansee which also means “thought” in French which solved the mystery. Pansy is also the flower of remembrance, so it's perfect. This project is not only paying homage to my beloved Gran who passed away too soon but has solved a life-long mystery into what Gran had been saying for all those years.

Describing this project curator [and cat-herder] Margaret Lewis says, "this project is about a number of things. As a designer, I use handcraft all the time in my work and I want other people to be inspired to build it into their work. That meant doing something to make an impact. Street art + embroidery + fence mesh, it was bound to pique someone’s curiosity - I just hoped it would be the street art community.

Not only the street art community has responded, I have been invited to exhibit as part of All Fresco - an annual street art festival held in K Road and supported by the K Road Business Association."

'the street loves nana' will be installed in the Red Bull Art of Camping site at Splore, hosted by Camp Mother.

So, if you're at Splore, come & stitch-in