Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh

Housed in an abandoned Victorian baths in Edinburgh,
Dovecot Studios keeps the traditions of handmade tapestry alive. Master weaver Naomi Robertson works on enormous commissions such as her translation of Alison Watt’s Butterfly painting (inspired by Puccini's Madame Butterfly) which now hangs in the new extension of Glasgow’s Theatre Royal.
Hole & Corner caught up with Robertson in Dovecot Studios
to record the painstaking process of her work and the sheer patience and commitment it requires. In fact, such is the rarity
of the skillset involved in the job that Dovecot had to establish their own course for apprentices, as Robertson bemoans that ‘tapestry weavers aren’t being trained at art college any more.’
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Dovecotstudios.com

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a tear fell as the tapestry was pulled from the loom. The shear beauty took me breath away.