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vintage art is making a comeback in the
city beautiful bringing color and
positive messages around trees even
electrical poles now you may have seen
it around the mills 50 area and around
spots across Central Florida we're
talking about unique designs made out of
colorful cords and yarn created by two
local women new six at 9s Karolina
cardona's at the West Oaks Library in
Ocoee where the benches there have been
addressed up good morning good morning
guys well take a look at this bench
right here it's a very different way of
decorating some public space and they
it's dressed up with colorful yarn you
might recognize this design if you have
kids from a movie the woman who makes
these says she got the idea from the
Disney movie monsters Inc she told me
that she does this because she enjoys
seeing people's reaction and bringing
out a smile in the community with a hook
needle and balls of yarn
Jennifer Parish makes colorful mandalas
and what she calls a monster feet a
pastime that's gone public in parks and
libraries it's just great to see the
community and families interacting with
art but yeah I think for me it's just
like unexpected and it just kind of
brings your attention maybe maybe even
brings your attention to some nature
which i think is great we've seen some
people posting on social media that's
what makes me happy I'm happy because
she's making a difference I think
bringing people together a sense of
community bit of whimsy fun for people
to see and look at and enjoy it's a
similar skill that she shares with
Victoria Walsh who creates macrame
designs you can find a few around the
mills 50 area in Orlando and other
places wanting to see more art in
Orlando and it's happening you know some
of our museums are recognizing it now
but not in the way of Fiber bombing
which is getting it out there in the
public in public spaces its popular up
north it's popular in other countries
but not so much here in Orlando so I
decided to just start doing it for
Victoria it's more than making knots her
macrame serves a purpose through the
Central Florida yellow ribbon project
for homeless veteran awareness we're
echoing that Tony Orlando song tie a
yellow ribbon around the old oak tree
and that when we have three locations
throughout
to Florida that we have installations up
the first one was at the art and history
museum in Maitland that Museum also
curated other installations throughout
Central Florida including Lake Lilly's
location and our most recent one at UCF
with help from about 100 people both
women recently wrapped trees at Colonial
Town Square Park to kick off Pride Month
you know people were noticing fiber
bombing as a way to raise awareness fair
cause and now I was able to also do this
for something else it's important to me
for equal rights so this whole project
in this field in conjunction with
Jennifer's project is just the start I
think of something growing in Orlando
where we can do something we can get
together and we can rally together and
make a difference right here at home
and so the Central Florida yellow ribbon
project is collecting donations such as
feminine hygiene products on generic
personal hygiene products also clothing
non-perishable food and there are two
locations where you can drop that off if
you're interested in you know lending
out a helping hand to the homeless
veterans you can do so directly to the
homeless services network of Central
Florida or you can also drop off the
items at UCF history department and the
Veterans Affairs Office now Victoria is
getting ready for her next tree wrapping
and that's going to take place on
November the 15th at Lake Lily Park in
Maitland if you like more information go
to our website click Orlando calm guys
back to you in the studio we love it
thank you Karolina what a colorful way
to build awareness yeah charity and you
know what it's probably relaxing too yes
that motion and you said you've seen
some of those out Italy yeah when I went
to on the farmers market there they're
just so I poppin cuz you know you you
see the little yellow ribbons and you
know what that means but it almost you
see this you're gorgeous you just piece
of art on the tree and it's just
different it is something different
really does catch your attention and
brings awareness like it needs to