The Great Tapestry of Scotland is a beautiful trail through history and, at 143 metres long, the longest tapestry in the world.
My Visit to the Tapestry in 2014
Its soft sewn artworks filled three large rooms of Aberdeen Art Gallery, and photography was allowed. Yes. I was happy. May you be too.
Despite the earliness of my visit, the gallery was crowded; I was not quite so happy about the angle of this next pic. Lovely, lovely stone circle, though:
Witches
Some early inspiration for THE MERMAID AND THE BEAR, perhaps?
Glencoe
War
Kilts
Literature
Cloning
Calm
There was something calm and nourishing about walking round this exhibition. Whether it was the gentle and warm art of needlework that hung everywhere in the rooms – there was also a lady demonstrating sewing techniques – or the many different styles from the 1000+ stitchers marking the constant change of the world, I don’t know. The overall feeling was reflective yet hopeful: happy.
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I write Scottish fiction (quick link to Amazon), often set in Aberdeenshire, the area of Scotland where I live. My historical novels combine little-known dark events with love stories. There are witches, bears and Romans to be found in them, detailed here. I have two contemporary series, the spicy, spicy Dancer’s Journey and the coming-of-age Castle Dancers.
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This is so cool! If I ever get over there again, I’ll try to find this tapestry.
I want to see this more than ever now! Must get over to Paisley soon.
I hope you both enjoy it if/when you see it 🙂
Thats must of been so fascinating to see. I hadn’t heard of it.
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It really was 🙂
Wow these are beautiful. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you 🙂
Great post and beautiful tapestry!
Glad you like!
I ran across this tapestry earlier this year on the net (no travel yet!) and enjoyed featuring its panel honoring the Granite Men in Wisconsin at my blog — the same kind of folk as my great-grandfather, who was an Aberdeenshire stone-mason. These photos give a better sense of the materiality of the panels than others I’ve seen.
It is a great tapestry. Granite Men is a great term too 🙂
Amazing artwork, I hope to see it one day. Thanks for sharing.
What a great and luscious diversity in the tapestries: love, war, hate…and Dolly!