The wishing tree is a popular folk tradition in Eastern Europe and Asia where a tree is adorned with pieces of fabric, coins, drawings and written messages attached to the tree with yarn or string in hopes of fulfillment of a wish. The tradition derives from the Turkic Shaman rituals practiced in ancient Central Asia that consider trees sacred as the roots, trunk and branches of a tree exist all three realms: the underground, earth and the heavens.
YBLA’s Wishing Tree installation at Angels Gate Cultural Center anticipates the January 20-March 8th, 2013 installation of Forest, for the Trees: a knit fiber environment presented by Yarn Bombing Los Angeles and the Arroyo Arts Collective at the AGCC community gallery.
YBLA’s Wishing Tree installation at Angels Gate Cultural Center anticipates the January 20-March 8th, 2013 installation of Forest, for the Trees: a knit fiber environment presented by Yarn Bombing Los Angeles and the Arroyo Arts Collective at the AGCC community gallery.
