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Heritage Open Days 2025 11-14th Sept

As part of Heritage open days 2025, we have a display of the Alice Dress designed and crafted by Lilia Armash.

Lilla describes her work:

Alice in Wonderland

<This year marks the 160th anniversary of the first publication of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll - a book that has become a cultural phenomenon.

With this work, I aim to pay tribute to all those who helped create this extraordinary world that has inspired generations. In designing the costume, I used prints of Carroll's handwritten manuscripts and fragments from the first edition featuring John Tenniel's original illustrations. His artwork is a vivid example of how a successful visual interpretation can become the standard by which all others are measured.

I feel a strong emotional connection to Carroll's heroine. Alice falls into an endless rabbit hole, where logic is turned upside down and the absurd becomes strangely ordinary. In many ways, this story reminds me of what is unfolding in the world today. Since 2022, like many Ukrainians, I have found myself in a kind of 'rabbit hole' a world where familiar reality has been shattered and stability lost.

That's why my Alice is not a naive child, but a strong and wise character. She carries herself with dignity and leads an army of light. She does not lose herself in chaos - she finds the way through it. I want to believe that in this new, mad world, our story too will end well.>

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