tapestry

The craft renaissance

8 June 2024 9:00 am

As long ago as the 1960s, the poet Edward James was worried that traditional crafts were dying out. Having frittered…

Woven thread: a 19th-century Arthurian tapestry

Tapestries

9 September 2017 9:00 am

It is rare nowadays to see someone pull out a half-finished tapestry from their handbag and get on with their…

‘Butterfly’ tapestry by Alison Watt on the loom at Dovecot Studios, 2013

Weaving the colours of music 

23 November 2013 9:00 am

One loom, six metres in length, currently dominates the great, light-filled weaving hall of Edinburgh’s renowned tapestry workshop, Dovecot Studios.…