The Daisy Project

07/12/2021

Thanks to everyone who came to Eclectic Soul Studio for our Decorating Daisy event last Saturday, and to Antjea for the Morning Sun mention! Also, a shout out to Daisy Co-creator and Joplin artist, Sandra Parrill, who was not present for this event! ~ LaStacia

Thanks to everyone who came for our Decorating Daisy event last Saturday, and to Antjea for the mention! We will offer more name adding events before she relocates, if there is an interest.

16/11/2021

We will be hosting another Decorating Daisy event, as part of the Holiday Art Crawl, on December 4th! Eclectic Soul Studio, Pittsburg ArtWalk

We will be hosting another Decorating Daisy event, as part of the Holiday Art Crawl, on December 4th! The Daisy Project Pittsburg ArtWalk

15/11/2021

Here is an older article on how Daisy started. Daisy is currently at Eclectic Soul Studio in Pittsburg, and will be getting more media publicity this week!

Joplin Globe Linkhttps://www.joplinglobe.com/news/local_news/mannequin-installed-as-part-of-breast-cancer-awareness-campaign/article_6bdfcbc8-3d18-5301-a5fe-52f7332e9da8.html

Daisy has moved again.

09/02/2021

Decorating Daisy for Women’s Cancer
“Hope is the thing with feathers, that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all.” ----Emily Dickinson
The Daisy Project, a community bead art project to focus awareness on issues of women’s cancers was first sponsored by Isadora’s Wonderful Things Beads on South Main in Joplin Mo, and has been traveling about the Four States raising awareness, though she has recently been in retirement.
Daisy is a full-length manikin, donated for this project by the Ozark Area Girl Scout Council. She is being covered completely with beads, including names of cancer survivors and victims as a memorial and symbol of courage in the face of these deadly diseases. Once completed, she will be auctioned, all proceeds going to local charitable organizations involved in the fight against women’s cancers.
It has been more than 10 years since Daisy was first conceived and begun. She is nearly 90% covered with names of loved ones beaded in memory and prayer. Some have added their own names, both in hope and victory against these frightening diseases. Millions of beads and hundreds of hours have been lovingly spent creating this wonderful work of art. Many volunteers have beaded on Daisy, and many more have given donations and requested that names be placed on her. A lot of memories have been shared, many tears have flowed, and Daisy grows more heartbreakingly beautiful with each passing day. More than three hundred names embellish her, with more added daily and room for many more; from such stellar names as Ingrid Bergman and Julia Child to wives, grandmothers, moms, sisters, aunts, daughters, friends: victims and survivors. Daisy herself is named for Juliette “Daisy” Low, founder of Girl Scouts, who died of breast cancer. Women’s cancers show no mercy, know no boundaries, respect no age, position, fame, power or wealth. It is a sisterhood that no woman wants to join.
Everyone is invited to participate in this very special project. There is a still a lot more room for names, and we encourage everyone to take part so that she may be completed and auctioned or sold. Participation is free; though donations of beads, glue, and cash for purchasing supplies are encouraged. You need have no special artistic talent or creativity. Sandy Parrill or LaStacia will be glad to help you in placing a name or creating a design. If you wish to be involved but cannot, we will be glad to bead a name or remembrance for you, for a donation of any size. There are also many donated beads and supplies that you may use if you cannot afford a donation. Very few—and fortunate—people have not had their lives touched in some way by women’s cancer. The statistics tell us that one woman in five will have some form of cancer in her life. Daisy is a wonderful way to be involved with helping to raise awareness, and to help current and potential victims with their fight.

06/10/2020

Daisy was featured in the Pittsburg Virtual Artwalk!

12/02/2020

Daisy is currently at Eclectic Soul Studio in Pittsburg! Stay tuned for a 'Decorating Daisy' event there soon!

We've got Daisy! For more info on her, visit her page The Daisy Project. We'll have a workshop coming up soon, to give you a chance to add your name, or the name of a loved one, to her! Stay tuned!

07/02/2020

Artwork: Mary Gregory
https://marygregorystudio.com/

23/01/2020

Daisy is now at Eclectic Soul in Pittsburg, Kansas ! We hope you will visit her there and participate in beading your loved ones names (or your own) who have battled with women's cancers. Make her even more beautiful than she is, cover every inch of her skin with love!

09/01/2020

Daisy will be at the Parrillel Universe Studio in Joplin through the weekend if anyone would like to come visit and bead the name of a cancer victim on her,. It's free, beads and glue provided! Come have a hot cup of cider or tea and spend an hour or so with remembrance of a loved one or a prayer for a cancer survivor! Call for a good time to come, 417-825-1280

05/12/2019

Daisy is home, she will be at the Parrillel Universe studio until the first week in January for anyone who would like to add names to her. Beads are available at no cost (tho contributions for future supplies are always welcome). I'll be glad to assist in any way. Plan a beading party and come help contribute to women's cancers awareness! Or come alone. Call for any more details and to schedule a time.

30/11/2019

Daisy will be back at Parrillel Universe studio until the New Year. Those of you who have names of loved ones who have or have had any form of women's cancer to put on her, come amd spend an hour or two to remember them by placing the names to help Daisy raise awareness of women's cancers! Bring friends and make it a party! Pm or text me to reserve a time. (417-825-1280)

03/11/2019

In the first images from a recent photo shoot, Elizabeth Banwart sits at a vanity outdoors, gazing at her reflection in the mirror.

02/11/2019

Daisy will be joining the Joplin Region Artist Coalition show, ARTerior MOtives in the upstairs Gallery at Spiva Center for the Arts, opening November 6. Come enjoy the wonderful art by many talented and amazing local artists, visit with Daisy, read her diary and learn her story! She will be available at Parrillel Universe studio, 4001 Indiana in Joplin for another week, if you would like to add a name, please call or text for an appointment. 417-825-1280.

30/10/2019

Daisy is featured in this video! Please 'like' Olive's page

Please share it as widely as possible. It tells Olive's story, from cancer diagnosis to current status waiting for a kidney transplant, and includes the stories of two of her friends who had breast and eye cancer. Read her story on the I Wanna Live page to learn more about becoming a living kidney donor!

Poet and lyricist Olive L. Sullivan really is recovering from Acute Myeloid Leukemia, and she really does need a kidney. To learn more about living kidney do...

30/10/2019

Daisy is ready to visit at the JRAC Open Studio Tour at Parrillel Universe Studio the weekend!

30/10/2019

Here's Daisy's story: Stop by and visit with her during the Joplin Regional Artist Coalition Open Studio Tour at Parrillel Universe Studio, 4001 Indiana, Friday November 1, 5-8 pm and Saturday, Nov. 2, 11 am- 3 pm.

Decorating Daisy for Women’s Cancer

“Hope is the thing with feathers, that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all.” ----Emily Dickinson

The Daisy Project, a community bead art project to focus awareness on issues of women’s cancers was first sponsored by Isadora’s Wonderful Things Beads on South Main in Joplin Mo, and has been traveling about the Four States raising awareness, though she has recently been in retirement.

Daisy is a full-length manikin, donated for this project by the Ozark Area Girl Scout Council. She is being covered completely with beads, including names of cancer survivors and victims as a memorial and symbol of courage in the face of these deadly diseases. Once completed, she will be auctioned, all proceeds going to local charitable organizations involved in the fight against women’s cancers.

It has been more than 10 years since Daisy was first conceived and begun. She is nearly 90% covered with names of loved ones beaded in memory and prayer. Some have added their own names, both in hope and victory against these frightening diseases. Millions of beads and hundreds of hours have been lovingly spent creating this wonderful work of art. Many volunteers have beaded on Daisy, and many more have given donations and requested that names be placed on her. A lot of memories have been shared, many tears have flowed, and Daisy grows more heartbreakingly beautiful with each passing day. More than three hundred names embellish her, with more added daily and room for many more; from such stellar names as Ingrid Bergman and Julia Child to wives, grandmothers, moms, sisters, aunts, daughters, friends: victims and survivors. Daisy herself is named for Juliette “Daisy” Low, founder of Girl Scouts, who died of breast cancer. Women’s cancers show no mercy, know no boundaries, respect no age, position, fame, power or wealth. It is a sisterhood that no woman wants to join.

Everyone is invited to participate in this very special project. There is a still a lot more room for names, and we encourage everyone to take part so that she may be completed and auctioned or sold. Participation is free; though donations of beads, glue, and cash for purchasing supplies are encouraged. You need have no special artistic talent or creativity. Sandy Parrill of Parrillel Universe of Wonderful Things will be glad to help you in placing a name or creating a design. If you wish to be involved but cannot, we will be glad to bead a name or remembrance for you, for a donation of any size. There are also many donated beads and supplies that you may use if you cannot afford a donation. Very few—and fortunate—people have not had their lives touched in some way by women’s cancer. The statistics tell us that one woman in five will have some form of cancer in her life. Daisy is a wonderful way to be involved with helping to raise awareness, and to help current and potential victims with their fight.

Stop by and visit with Daisy. Get acquainted with the women whose names are on Daisy. Bead the name of a loved one, or yourself. Book a beading party with friends; it’s free. For answers to your questions about Daisy and a call or text Sandy Parrill or email sandraparrill@sbcglobal.net

29/10/2019

Daisy will be moving back to Pittsburg, Ks soon, into her temporary new home at Eclectic Soul Studio, 601 N Broadway!

29/10/2019