blog of artists Burnett + Catt following their residency in Stockton-on-Tees as they create new work in response to The Councils Museum Collections. A participatory project involving the local community in archiving memories and creating stories through objects.
Wednesday 25 August 2010
A wedding dress
One of the objects we were shown in the collections was a wedding dress made by a woman during the Boer war. Her husband-to-be never returned from the wars and the dress remained in the family, unworn until the family donated it to the museum. We aren't allowed to know who the family are or any details of the story so we created this dress as a little homage to the lady - whoever she may have been....
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