You can leaf it

The International Fiber Collaborative is starting a new project, Interdependence. Promotional materials say, “We will create a full sized tree that will be on display in April 09? at Big Springs International Park in Huntsville, AL. Much like a live tree is interdependent on it’s leaves/roots for survival, like minded societies are interdependent on the greater whole, family units, communities, countries. The collective is calling for participants around the world to create leaves to contribute to the creation of the tree. In total I am looking for 30,000 leaves…you can paint, stitch, crochet, patch, quilt, knit, glue (water resistant glue), just keep a fiber twist to it in some way.” The deadline for submission is March 15, 2009.

Thanks to Noreen at Hankering for Yarn blog for sharing this news. Find out more from Noreen’s blog post or (soon) from the collaborative’s site.