Bayeux Tapestry Recreation Project Overview

Recreating part of the Bayeux Tapestry embroidery using original materials and techniques/stitches - my latest challenge! This video introduces what I am going to do and shares my thoughts and ideas! Websites mentioned: https://early-medieval-embroidery.squ... https://www.bayeuxmuseum.com/en/the-b... Book Referenced: David M. Wilson, The Bayeux Tapestry (Thames & Hudson, 1985). You can read more about my work on the Bayeux Tapestry in: ‘The Front tells the Story; the Back tells the History: a technical discussion of the embroidering of the Bayeux Tapestry’, in Making Sense of the Bayeux Tapestry: Readings and Reworkings, which can be bought here: https://www.waterstones.com/book/maki... https://www.amazon.co.uk/Making-Sense... ‘Les six châteaux de la Tapisserie de Bayeux: Une discussion technique du travail de broderie de la Tapisserie de Bayeux’, in Sylvette Lemagnen, Shirley Ann Brown and Gale Owen-Crocker (eds.) L’Invention de la Tapisserie de Bayeux: naissance, composition et style d’un chef-d’œuvre médiéval (Colloque International), which can be bought at: https://www.amazon.com/Linvention-tap... The Lost Art of the Anglo-Saxon World: the sacred and secular power of embroidery, which can be bought as an eBook or print copy: https://www.oxbowbooks.com/oxbow/the-... https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lost-Art-Ang... Picture Credits: Unless otherwise stated, all images are ©Alexandra Makin. Bayeux Tapestry images are with special permission from the city of Bayeux. Dr Alexandra Makin Early Medieval Embroidery Professional Embroiderer Textile Archaeologist #bayeuxstitch #bayeuxtapestry​ #embroider​y​ #alexandramakin