Safety in Numbers

safety in numbers link on link

link with friends hard and light

light from the chains and shields

shields protection and noisy

noisy shouts and clanging screams

screams of people pain and grief

grief of friends as fallen flow

flow of rivers of missing foe

foe that's banished to wide open spaces

spaces spaces it’s what we fought for

for spaces to share with friends

friends friends linked linked together hand

hands safe safe

Peter S

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. arthur-martha.com/portfolio/armour/

design work for the project Armour