10.25.2008

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Collage


Here we see the progression of the family tree collage honoring the women of my mother's family, both past and present. My cousin Lindsey initiated a "Ladies Lunch" at which we gathered to hear stories about our female ancestors, share a delicious spread of soup and sandwiches (perfected on the George, of course), and collaborate on an artistic representation of the stories we heard, as well as our own stories. What a delightful day! Hopefully the collage will be able to travel to different homes of sisters in our family over the years. We've left room for more details to be added by those who couldn't attend, or those may become part of our family in the future. Also, there are quite a few details I still need to add to elaborate on the stories of our female ancestors pictured in the collage. I shall post the finished artwork eventually for all to see. I hope to bring the canvas to our Thanksgiving feast to solicit a bit of help in finishing up some of the details. Thanks for all who were there and helped make the Ladies Lunch such a success.

3 comments:

sienna said...

a very cool idea. i wish i could have been there to hear all the stories.

Hiedi said...

sienna,
if you're here for Thanksgiving be sure to come to our feast and we'll tell some of the stories. A lot of the stories were about your Dad's mom.

Lisa said...

Hiedi... you are such a creative diva! I can really relate & I love all that you do.