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Euan Kerr
Bloomington

Photos: Mall of America hit with the biggest yarn bomb ever

Yarn artist Eric Rieger is installing his largest piece ever.
Some 60 feet above the ground, Twin Cities yarn artist Eric Rieger, known as HOTTEA, is installing his largest piece ever.
Euan Kerr | MPR News

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Over the next few days, Twin Cities yarn artist Eric Rieger, known widely as HOTTEA, is installing his largest-ever piece at the Mall of America in Bloomington. He is hanging thousands of 60-foot lengths of brightly colored yarn from a frame suspended under the skylight of the atrium at the mall's northern entrance.

The piece is called "Hot Lunch," and will be comprised of nearly 800 pounds of yarn.

It is expected to be finished sometime next week.

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A sculpture by Hot Tea, called Time Travel
An earlier work by Hot Tea was called Time Travel, made of 5,000 pieces acrylic yarn, and hung in Loring Park as part of Pride festivities in Minneapolis in June, 2016. Visitors were invited to lay under the sculpture to view the piece.
Caroline Yang for MPR News 2016
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Yarn artist Eric Rieger is installing his largest piece ever.
Some 60 feet above the ground, Twin Cities yarn artist Eric Rieger, known as HOTTEA, is installing his largest piece ever.
Euan Kerr | MPR News
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Rieger started his artistic life as a tagger.
Rieger started his artistic life as a tagger, but after several warnings from law enforcement that he was headed for serious trouble, he remembered how his grandmother had taught him to knit while he was growing up in New Ulm. He began using yarn to weave words onto chain link fences. Gradually his work expended into larger yarn-based installations, and he has worked all over the world — as well as appearing on Sesame Street.
Euan Kerr | MPR News