Michael Linton's Bayeux Tapestry: 1066 - A Medieval Mosaic and Puzzles
News
Mosaic tapestry to be unveiled
News Article Details
- Publication: Timaru Herald
- Date: 20-01-2005
Description
A unique mosaic version of the Bayeux Tapestry will be unveiled in Geraldine on Saturday, ending a 25-year project.
The collaborative effort by father and daughter Michael and Rachael Linton to create the lost section of the tapestry has completed a project first started by Michael 25 years ago.
Rachael joined her father four years ago to create the final section.
The completed medieval mosaic tapestry is made of spring steel. It is painted on a canvas of more than 1.5 million chips of steel, is 42m long, and weighs 275kg.
The tapestry will be unveiled in an invite-only event on Saturday night at the Giant Jersey. However, from Sunday the tapestry will be on display.
Michael spent the best part of 20 years reproducing the first part of the tapestry. Rachael grew up watching her father complete the work and so became familiar with the tapestry's rich history.
"During my life growing up in Peel Forest Dad was working on the tapestry. When he finished we knew there was a piece missing and Dad asked me to help complete it," the 21-year-old Massey University design student said.
The final two missing panels to the medieval mosaic provides the story with its long awaited conclusion.
The final panels to the tapestry depict the three months from the end of the battle of Hastings on October 14, 1006, to Christmas Day, when William the Conqueror was crowned King of England.