Light the touch paper

safety in numbers

numbers of possibilities

possibilities in abundance

abundance of nothing

nothing to declare

declare bankruptcy

bankruptcy court

court the dangers

danger in darkness

darkness to light

light the touch paper

Lawrence McGill

Detail of Lawrence McGill's embroidered poem

Armour is a six month project with homeless people focussing on veterans of armed service, developing creative ideas based on medieval armour. How can veterans live peacefully with the memory of war? How do we protect ourselves and the ones we love? We are re-thinking, re-examine, re-create quilted medieval armour, as garments embroidered with meditations on war and peace.

Sweet Air

This body of armour that

is the weight and size

of my heart

is the shield and protection

to my soul and eyes

when touched I breathe sweet air

Elliot Hallisey

July 2017

Armour is a six month project with homeless people focussing on veterans of armed service, developing creative ideas based on medieval armour. How can veterans live peacefully with the memory of war? How do we protect ourselves and the ones we love? We are re-thinking, re-examine, re-create quilted medieval armour, as garments embroidered with meditations on war and peace.