2009commissionLocationprimary school 'Wereld op Zuid' RotterdamMaterialprint and embroidery on Hahnemühle canvasDimensions225 x 170 x 10 cmCommissionedby Jeugd Kansen Zone ZuidwijkLet a Thousand Flowers Bloom is the commissioned work for a new multipurpose building in Rotterdam, housing 2 primary schools. The work consists of 25 printed canvas panels on which flowers are embroidered. The prints show different meshes created by the handwritten names of the schoolchildren with interweaving vertical lines. The flowers were selected and embroidered in cooperation with a number of the schoolchildren's mothers.
print and embroidery on Hahnemühle canvas 225 x 170 x 10 cm