This tall flower garden with birds tapestry is a vertical garden that rises the full 6.1 ft of the cloth: stems of flowers, blossoms and leaves stacked one above another, with small birds tucked among them from the ground to the top edge.
Details
- Size: 73 x 43 in (186 x 110 cm)
- Material: handwoven wool
- Dye: coloured with natural plant dyes
- One of a kind: woven freehand with no sketch or cartoon behind the warp, so no second copy exists; the photographs show this exact piece.
Hanging it
Tall and generous, it suits a narrow wall that runs high, a hallway, or the space beside a doorway or staircase. There is no rod pocket or sleeve. For a piece this size, hook-and-loop tape sewn across the top and a matching strip on a sturdy wooden batten spread the weight evenly; a clip rail or a tailor-sewn casing for a rod are alternatives.
Grown on the loom
The weaver builds the garden upward with the cloth, with no drawing to follow, so the composition is decided stem by stem. Natural plant dyes give the blossoms and leaves their soft variations of tone.
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