3rd Grade Stitchery

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The altarpiece contained fabric and fiber work, photography and beading.

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The Keiskamma Altarpiece was born from the love and compassion of Dr. Carol Hofmeyr for her patients in the Keiskamma region. She witnessed and tended to their health problems. She used her creative energy in fiber arts to share in the people's suffering and mourning. Working on the altarpiece was the people's prayer of hope for the future.

 

 

If you really care about someone who died, you can tell God how you feel, and you can ask God to keep them safe. That's what the people were doing when they were stitching.

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The Keiskamma Altarpiece tells the story story of the people of a small township, Hamburg, in the eastern part of South Africa
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Many of the people in the township were suffering from the Aids virus. In the image above we see the figure of a grandmother in front of the cross.
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The children in front of her have been orphaned, and they are cared for by their grandmothers.
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Large photos of grandmothers and grandchildren who live in Hamburg and are part of the central opened panel of the altarpiece.
On the next page we tell you about the wire beading shown above the photographs.

Our docent shared with us many of the materials used in the altarpiece.