migration, originally uploaded by knitalatte11.
Fourth embroidered piece in the watching the olympics series almost completed. Any one want to guess what significance the number has?
Here is a little personal update to this post from my daughter Rebekah who saw this first hand last summer.
hi mom, i thought you might like to include some of these pictures in your caribou/migration post. the one where you can see all the tracks from the migration is neat, the whole landscape looked like that, it was incredible to think of how many animals must have made those tracks. we missed the actual herd though. these were taken from the helicopter at Cape Henrietta Maria, which is the western meeting point of James Bay and Hudson Bay. sorry i don't have a better shot of some caribou! love rebekah
I am under the spell of these Inuit embroideries (and I'm grateful to the Olympic Games !). I love your own handdrawn patterns and the colors you chose. But I have no idea about the significance of the number four ... not the seasons, neither the cardinal points ... This is mysterious !
Have a beautiful and magical white Sunday !
Posted by: Nanou | February 28, 2010 at 03:56 AM
My first thought for the #4 is the medicine wheel and the four directions and the significance of each? So, you are moving from one part or point of the wheel into a new part of the medicine wheel? Just a guess. Love this series.
Posted by: Marie | February 28, 2010 at 06:22 AM
another gorgeous piece, my friend !!
965 ? the number of kilometers caribous have to walk during their migration.
have a very lovely Sunday, sweet you. xoxox
Posted by: Sonia | February 28, 2010 at 08:41 AM
another comment from me as I loved the photos with the tracks ! Precious, it's so amazing to be able to witness this kind of natural events ! xoxo
Posted by: Sonia | February 28, 2010 at 11:40 AM
Thanks to Rebekah for her amazing photos !
Posted by: Nanou | February 28, 2010 at 03:57 PM
wow- i love this embroidery. what a beautiful series you've made- thank you, winter olympics! :)
your daughter's photos are also really stunning.
Posted by: melissa | February 28, 2010 at 04:16 PM
I love the caribou. My daughter has been studying inuksuks at school and we have fun spotting them in different pictures!
Posted by: Sarah | March 01, 2010 at 06:17 PM