Virginia A. Spiegel

Front right of gas station, including my Mother and Child panel.

Jennifer Marsh is a woman with a dream, a mission and a huge installation completed.

“The goal of the International Fiber Collaborative is to provide an opportunity for people who enjoy working with fiber arts, whether professional artists, hobbyists or students, to come together from all over the world to express their concern about the worlds extreme dependency on oil. This year’s project is called the World Reclamation Art Project (W.R.A.P.).”

Front left of gas station.

The W.R.A.P. project covered an abandoned gas station in fiber panels. You can see the “naked” gas station and read more about the International Fiber Collaborative here.

You can read about my panel here. All the photos in this post were kindly sent to me by Mary Harmon. There will be a reception at the site in Syracuse, NY on May 3, 2008 from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m.

As you can imagine, this project involved a great deal of expense, much of it covered by Jennifer herself. If you would like to help her defray the cost of this landmark project, visit the International Fiber Collaborative website here and scroll to the bottom of the page. Donation via credit card or Paypal are accepted.

Back of gas station.

Even the pumps were covered.

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