Black Gold Tapestry
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Inspired in part by the medieval Bayeux Tapestry, the Black Gold Tapestry reproduces the dimensions of the 11th century work, measuring 220 feet (67.05 metres) in length. The Tapestry comprises eight panels, each of which is in height. The first six panels are 30 ft (9.1 m) long with the seventh measuring 24 feet (7.3 metres), and the final eighth panel measuring 16 feet (4.9 metres).
The Black Gold Tapestry was entirely hand stitched by Canadian artist Sandra M Sawatzky, and took nine years (over 17,000 hours) to complete. It uses 69 colours of hand-dyed silk/wool embroidery thread stitched onto a flax linen background. The stitching employed in the Black Gold Tapestry is the same as those used by the Anglo Saxon seamsters who stitched the Bayeux Tapestry.[1] Four distinct stitches were employed to create the work: Stem stitches outline shapes; Satin stitches sew parallel lines of thread across the linen background, covering it completely; Couching stitches hold the thread down by sewing cross threads; finally, Stab stitches fix intersections of long stitches in place with a single stitch.
The Tapestry's eight panels are all divided into a central narrative frieze with upper and lower borders.
The central frieze comprises a series of historical vignettes tracing the story of oil, beginning in the Mesozoic Era when most of the world's oil reserves were first formed, and ending, in the final panel, with images of both the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill and the development of renewable energy technologies. The upper and lower borders contain a multitude of dinosaurs as well as details which provide further elaboration of the vignettes contained in the central frieze.
Reception
Since its inaugural exhibition, the Tapestry has attracted considerable interest from the textile arts to the energy sector.[2][3][4][5]
References
- ↑ Katherine Ylitalo (2017), Introduction: The Black Gold Tapestry. Calgary, Alberta. Glenbow Museum Publications
- ↑ Jessica Edney, "Black Gold", Selvedge Magazine (UK), August 15, 2018 (http://www.selvedge.org/blogs/selvedge/black-gold)
- ↑ Joan Sullivan, Artists and Climate Change(USA), January 14, 2021 (https://artistsandclimatechange.com/2021/01/14/the-black-gold-tapestry/)
- ↑ The Architectural Review (UK), "The Black Gold Tapestry", November 2022 (https://www.architectural-review.com/essays/keynote/form-follows-fuel-energy-hungry-architecture)
- ↑ Amitov Ghosh, "A Global History of Oil" Art in the time of Climate Change" published on the Blanton Museum website (http://blantonmuseum.org/climate-if-the-sky-were-orange-art-in-the-time-of-climate-change/a-global-history-of-oil)
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