By Emily-Rose Toohey
Warwick’s own Yarntopians have spent the past several months creating this year’s grand yarnbombing installation, a glimpse into the past with a 1920s-style Parisian cafe.
The theme of the exhibit is ‘a moveable feast’, which the group’s Loretta Grayson said was a quote from novelist Ernest Hemingway.
“He lived in Paris in the 20s and said that ‘if you’ve ever lived there as a young man, it’ll stay with you, for Paris is a moveable feast’,” Loretta said.
“Jumpers and Jazz is like that because the dates change each year, and then things evolve.”
The French-style cafe idea was thus born after the group got together and brainstormed, but Loretta said the Yarntopians loved the thought of recreating a vintage cafe.
After hours and hours of hard work, including contributions from yarnbombing groups across Australia and even from as far as America, the group are finally ready to open their Grafton Street doors to the public.
Yarntopian Maggy Scott said they had lost count of the hours involved in making the installation, and a gramophone, bicycle, and cafe goodies are just small details part of this impressive display.
The pop-up yarn-bombed cafe exhibit is open to the public from 10am – 4pm every day during Jumpers and Jazz in July (21 to 31 July), and entry is just a gold coin donation, located at 74 Grafton Street, Warwick.
But most importantly, the Yarntopians are excited about opening their doors and showing off their work to festival-goers – “that’s what it’s all about”.
