Thursday, December 3, 2009

weaving language - carpet of flowers

Yearly event in Brussels, Belgium
 

the weaving of the tapestry of flowers


Tapis de Fleurs

click here to see the begonias being hand "woven" into the huge carpet

and here in sped-up time lapse

here with lights as a performance at night

Official site click here wonderful background information, videos, pictures from the previous decades, how it's all done

Tapis de fleurs sur la Grande-Place de Bruxelles photo: Bourdaire