I have spent this afternoon looking at the panels produced for this exhibition. Afterwards I thoroughly enjoyed the talk given by Andrew Crummy, the artist who designed all the panels, plus those in the the 'Battle of Prestonpans' tapestry and the 'Great Scottish Tapestry although this one immediately follows Prestonpans as the same basic team was involved, not just the artist. He explained the design process beginning with a chart which he used for all three, through the information gathering process, the actual designing process which also involved the person who contributed the subject matter of of each panel, the transfer of the design onto linen, choosing the thread and finally sending out the kits to be stitched in ' a' the airts' of the world.
There is a book, just out, which I bought: "Scottish Diaspora Tapestry: telling tales to Scotland" by Andrew Crummy et al. Prestoungrange University Press, 2014. 978-0-9575636-5-0 Pbk 15.00 GBP I also treated myself to the Prestonpans book and now I have all three 'tapestry' books to enjoy. No lace content, I know, but of general textile interest. Patricia in Wales - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
