harvest prayer flags

Description

Great for the garden or the kitchen, these vegetable prayer flags spread encouragement for harvests, health, and fresh, yummy food everywhere! This set extols the delectability of carrots, corn, broccoli, garlic, and tomatoes.

These are inspired by Tibetan buddhist prayer flags, which monks hang so the prayers printed on them (traditionally in sanskrit with an image of the buddha) can be whisked into the universe with help from rain, wind, sunshine. When we are too preoccupied to hope the best for the world at all times, the flags are a constant prayer. They're even left unhemmed intentionally, the quicker to disperse their message.

I love the idea, but wanted something more universal. I like to know what I'm praying for - but I like leaving things open to interpretation too! So I print my own flags on repurposed bedsheets with icons of the hand-made and the natural world.

This one-of-a-kind banner is screenprinted with a gocco (a table-top screenprinter) on repurposed bedsheets. It's 35 inches from the first flag to the last, with generous ends to tie it up with. Each flag is about 9 x 6.5 inches.

Added on Sep 02, 2009