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I am trying to explore different options, different techniques and different expressions before the big embroidery exhibition next summer.<\/p>\n
One thing that\u00b4s been quite common around here, a generation or two ago, are these embroidered wall-hangings. Some of them have a saying from the Bible, and other, like this one, welcomes you into the home.<\/p>\n
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It says \u201cWelcome to our home\u201d in Norwegian.<\/p>\n
At first I thought I\u00b4d just leave it as an example for what used to be, and then make my own versions. But then I decided, I could actually just undo the text, and embroider a new text on it. It\u00b4s fairly kitchy (I think) (Even the guy downstairs exclaimed when he say it on the wall: Is THAT gonna hang there?!!?) Anyway, since it\u00b4s all feminine and old-fashioned and cosy and wholesome and all that, I was looking for a text that would say the exact opposite of the illustration. And I think I found it \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n
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\u201cWelcome to the Pleasure dome\u201d is the title of Frankie goes to Hollywood\u00b4s most famous album back in the 80s. It was controversial enough to have a couple of the songs on it banned from some radio-stations, unless I remember wrong. Very catchy music to dance to back in 1985, and still today the title more than hints to a rather kinky gathering-place\u2026<\/p>\n
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