Binding the Past to the Present through Remembrance
A Heritage Lottery Funded partnership with
Salisbury Cathedral and Suzie Gutteridge.
Exhibited in Salisbury Cathedral's Morning Chapel from
26th October to the 25th November 2018.
This project will culminate in a unique installation to be displayed at Salisbury Cathedral, as part of the significant programme of events commemorating the First World War in Salisbury November 2018.
Workshops were completed wide a range of local groups and communities to create the hundreds of felted poppies required.
As part of the workshops, we learned about:
- What makes up the elements of the World War 1 Uniform, focusing on the puttee.
- Stories from WW1.
- The fabric that uniforms were made from and local wool making heritage.
- New skills derived from historical techniques, such as how to wet felt using soap and water by hand.
- How to create poppies from handmade felt.
What is a Puttee?
The puttee was worn as a binding around the shins, almost like a bandage made of knitted wool. It didn’t need to be made in different sizes and would also stop your boot being sucked off in mud.
Exciting Update – “Binding the Past to the Present Through Remembrance”
Binding the Past To The Present has bound with its original beginnings!! Binding the Past To The Present has found a new home, but has gone home!! The puttees are being exhibited at Coldharbour Mill, Devon. The home of the puttee, Coldharbour Mill was one of the mills owned by Fox Bros, Wellington, at which […]
Remembrance Day at St Peter’s Church, Pitton
Puttee From “Binding the Past To The Present Through Remembrance” displayed as part of St Peter’s Church, Pitton Remembrance Service 2018. One decorated puttee was displayed at St Peter’s Church Pitton as part of their Remembrance Service in November – a link to the main installation on display piece at Salisbury Cathedral during that time. […]
“Remembrance Poppies And Puttees Create Poignant Great War Artwork”
This morning I received a lovely email from Chris Sturgess, a BFBS reporter at Forces Radio, who recently came to visit the exhibition and interview me at Salisbury Cathedral. Inside the email was a link to the resulting article, with a couple of videos that touch on the background and history of the puttee nicely, […]
The Telegraph Pictures of the Day
Today I was hugely privileged to discover that The Telegraph featured the installation as it’s 7th Picture of the Day. Take a little look for yourself… https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/11/09/pictures-day-9-november-2018/artist-suzie-gutteridge-pictured-amongst-art-installation-entitled/ Credit to Zach Culpin for the beautiful photography.