Рет қаралды 2,029
Recreating part of the Bayeux Tapestry embroidery using original materials and techniques/stitches - my latest challenge! This video introduces what I am going to do and shares my thoughts and ideas!
Websites mentioned:
early-medieval-embroidery.squ...
www.bayeuxmuseum.com/en/the-b...
Book Referenced: David M. Wilson, The Bayeux Tapestry (Thames & Hudson, 1985).
You can read more about my work on the Bayeux Tapestry in:
‘The Front tells the Story; the Back tells the History: a technical discussion of the embroidering of the Bayeux Tapestry’, in Making Sense of the Bayeux Tapestry: Readings and Reworkings, which can be bought here:
www.waterstones.com/book/maki...
www.amazon.co.uk/Making-Sense...
‘Les six châteaux de la Tapisserie de Bayeux: Une discussion technique du travail de broderie de la Tapisserie de Bayeux’, in Sylvette Lemagnen, Shirley Ann Brown and Gale Owen-Crocker (eds.) L’Invention de la Tapisserie de Bayeux: naissance, composition et style d’un chef-d’œuvre médiéval (Colloque International), which can be bought at: www.amazon.com/Linvention-tap...
The Lost Art of the Anglo-Saxon World: the sacred and secular power of embroidery, which can be bought as an eBook or print copy: www.oxbowbooks.com/oxbow/the-...
www.amazon.co.uk/Lost-Art-Ang...
Picture Credits:
Unless otherwise stated, all images are ©Alexandra Makin.
Bayeux Tapestry images are with special permission from the city of Bayeux.
Dr Alexandra Makin
Early Medieval Embroidery
Professional Embroiderer
Textile Archaeologist
#bayeuxstitch #bayeuxtapestry #embroidery #alexandramakin