Comes
to them in darker times
Bright
sharp shining, forcefully cold
Makes
me the hero strong and bold
Fields
of crimson and green
Battlefields
full of the dead and dying
Wives
and lovers left bereft and crying.
A
sword, my weapon and my friend
A
piece of sharpened metal for me to defend
Cold
hard steel in my command
Makes
me powerful and grand
Becomes
my lover in my hand.
Ian
Dawes
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| Armour project embroidery inspired by gambersons. |
Armour is a project
that uses words and stitches to explore the ways we protect ourselves. It is a
collaboration with veterans of armed conflict and with people who have lived
experience of homelessness. We asked people to describe their personal
"armour", physical and mental. Artworks inspired by gambesons, the
quilted jackets worn under suits of armour, were made out of rust dyed fabric
and embroidered with poems, and other writings.
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