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PPE NURSE

Projects· Quilts of the North

20 Jan

THEMES: Politics, Establishment Questions of Integrity, Isolation, Family NHS Workers

5’5” figure holding a 1m Diameter quilt.
More an installation ideal for a bay window or alcove

Intricate hand stitched multi themed textile piece. Hung as part of a figurine dressed in PPE.

Covid Quilt
Close Up 1
ZOOM Close up 2
PPE NURSE Gawthorpe
Bin Bags story
Guardian

– AMANDA’S words –

The covid quilt was started in April 2020 and finished in December 2020. All the patterned pieces are scraps of fabric I kept from scrub bags I made for mainly Rotherham Hospital during the first lockdown. 

I made over 130 during April/May 2020, most of the fabric was from my own collection. I had some lovely feedback from some of the recipients. That the colourful fabrics I used really cheered them up and made them smile.

When I was sewing the scrub bags I used to think about the person that would be using them. What had they seen? Were they Exhausted? How did they motivate themselves to keep going? Would this fabric cheer them up?

Whilst I was sewing the scrub bags I would be listening to the daily Government briefings on TV and the ever changing advice and soundbites!! I was, and still am, so angry how they have let the NHS down. This is reflected in my quilt both in choice of fabrics and the various hand sewn words on the quilt. The quilt is 90% handmade and the quilting around the edge is machine stitched.

PPE nurse came about as a way to display my quilt. I remembered reading an article during the first lockdown about how NHS staff were told to fashion PPE out of whatever they could.  I imagined how scared the staff would feel and the heat of working in bin bags , hence the flames in the eyes.

I also wondered how patients would feel being looked after by workers in PPE (prior to Covid this would generally be an alien and unfamiliar concept with head to toe PPE)

BBC story

Article the NHS workers wearing bin bags as protection https://www.bbc.co.uk › news › health-52145140

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The brand/ublic narrative that the Government has The brand/ublic narrative that the Government has been pushing SINCE BEFORE Covid is simply - CRISIS. 
Whilst the NHS can be portrayed as an ever-failing beast that we are "coping" with; whilst the government machine dictates to the mainstream media an image of an institution unable to cope; then this government almost absolves itself of responsibility and gets away with #socialmurder 
If the government WANTED TO - it could easily invest in rebuilding the workforce If the Govt. WANTED TO - it could easily rebuild the infrastructure of the system to bring back more beds, more resources. 
The simple fact is this Government DOES NOT WANT TO. It is busy following the same plan of dismantling, fragmenting and breaking the health service in order to replace it with the corporate profit model that is the USA Model. It's been happening for years and the narrative of CRISIS has helped to distract the public, distract the staff, and justify their negligence and pretence at "trying to cope with the crisis". 
Clever and Deceitful aided and abetted by the likes of McKinsey, Price Waterhouse Cooper, United Health of America, Centene and other American global corporates. This is not an external crisis of post-pandemic circumstances - the govt has used #covid to push through legislation and policies that are helping them speed up the idealogical process.
This Government are guilty of destroying our once world-leading public health service - just as they are doing with all our public infrastructre.
This government DOES NOT WANT to support people, develop healthy lives, promote critical thinking. CLosing down a healthy society is their aim.
#corporate #theft #privatisation #usa #integrated #socialcare #socialbreakdown #health
The brand/ublic narrative that the Government has The brand/ublic narrative that the Government has been pushing SINCE BEFORE Covid is simply - CRISIS. 
Whilst the NHS can be portrayed as an ever-failing beast that we are "coping" with; whilst the government machine dictates to the mainstream media an image of an institution unable to cope; then this government almost absolves itself of responsibility and gets away with #socialmurder 
If the government WANTED TO - it could easily invest in rebuilding the workforce If the Govt. WANTED TO - it could easily rebuild the infrastructure of the system to bring back more beds, more resources. 
The simple fact is this Government DOES NOT WANT TO. It is busy following the same plan of dismantling, fragmenting and breaking the health service in order to replace it with the corporate profit model that is the USA Model. It's been happening for years and the narrative of CRISIS has helped to distract the public, distract the staff, and justify their negligence and pretence at "trying to cope with the crisis". Clever and Deceitful aided and abetted by the likes of McKinsey, Price Waterhouse Cooper, United Health of America, Centene and other American global corporates.
#corporate #theft #privatisation #usa #integrated #socialcare #socialbreakdown #health
Hanging quilts in mid air adding even more drama t Hanging quilts in mid air adding even more drama to the exhibition at Leeds @leftbankleeds 
#quiltsofinstagram #Quilt #threadsofresistance #activism
Our most recent addition from Cornwall proudly tak Our most recent addition from Cornwall proudly takes its place at @leftbankleeds 
Workshops for those interested in quilt making and craftivism are pinging this month. 
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Dear Mr Health Secretary A spontaneous quilting m Dear Mr Health Secretary
A spontaneous quilting moment. If you could meet the current health sec what question would you put to him? 
We're going to record questions on lovely canvas and quilt material. We must not forget these difficult times. 
#health #healthservices #healthsecretary #ukpolitics #govt #politicalembroidery #mistakes #art #community #peoplepower #socialjustice #society
Dear Mr Health Secretary A spontaneous quilting m Dear Mr Health Secretary
A spontaneous quilting moment. If you could meet the current health sec what question would you put to him? 
We're going to record questions on lovely canvas and quilt material. We must not forget these difficult times. 
#health #healthservices #healthsecretary #ukpolitics #govt #politicalembroidery #mistakes #art #community #peoplepower #socialjustice #society
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