Tapestry of a Mill by if1

Tapestry of a Mill

338 - Another day of poor weather. By the time I was ready to go out we had heavy sleet, so another shot taken at home. My wife Katharine has made a number of tapestries. This one was made a long time ago and until recently was hidden away, since we don't have enough wall space to display all the tapestries and the marquetry pictures made by my dad.

Recently Katharine decided to use some of the tapestries on cushion covers, and this is the latest to be used for that purpose.

It's a typical rural scene with a water mill. Once a common sight, these mills have over the years fallen out of use and in many cases into disuse. We have no idea where this mill is, but it is a pleasing colourful canvas.
The detail and shading is beautiful - well done!
February 6th, 2013  
This is both a gorgeous scene, and tapestry!!!
February 6th, 2013  
Water into electricity is still the most efficient, just a fun fact.
This is a lovely work. Congrats to your wife and to you for the great photo.
February 6th, 2013  
Beautiful - superb colours.
February 6th, 2013  
Lovely tapestry
February 6th, 2013  
What a lovely job she did, quite a talent!
February 6th, 2013  
You nailed the lighting on this. No shadows to speak of. Came out very good. Also I bet a lot of work with into making that.
February 6th, 2013  
This is a lovely, both tapestry and photograph.
February 6th, 2013  
i want to go there some day~ ! the real one I mean, though visiting the tapestry one could be an extra highlight! fortunately no need to leave the house to see the photo representation of the tapestry representation of the real thing!
February 6th, 2013  
lovely rich colours btw
February 6th, 2013  
Great and wonderful work, nicely captured
February 6th, 2013  
Bob
Nice tapestry. Mills seem to be universal in design world-wide.
February 6th, 2013  
Excellent detail. Congrats to your wife too on her fine work.
February 6th, 2013  
Excellent capture of a beautiful colourful tapestry. Katharine does great work.
February 6th, 2013  
Great work and beautiful photo!
February 7th, 2013  
Beautiful colours on this one.
February 7th, 2013  
Great job on the tapestry,I love the colors and MIll ,great capture of it also!!
February 7th, 2013  
Ian she is very talented
February 7th, 2013  
Sweet!
February 7th, 2013  
wonderful tapastry!
February 7th, 2013  
A lovely shot and a beautiful tapestry
February 7th, 2013  
This is beautiful too!!!
February 7th, 2013  
Thank you all for your kind comments - I've passed your complements on to Katharine!

@busylady @monkeykid @dolphin @chris17 @ruthmouch @brianl @purplehaze12 @loopdeloup @pyrrhula @bobhuegel @steviepix @tonydebont @vesna0210 @ladyjane @brillomick @bkbinthecity @cathieg @nicoleterheide @malc @todimf

@fullcircle - I agree about the use of water to generate power - there is a great example in the Yorkshire Dales where a derelict hydro electric plant beside a weir dating back to 1909 and abandoned in 1948 has recently had new turbines installed - a great small scale scheme which could be repeated beside many hundreds of weirs around the country.
February 7th, 2013  
It really is colorful!!! So pretty! I bet they take some time to make!
February 7th, 2013  
Wow she sure has a wonderful talent and hobby. I really like that you show us some of her wonderful work =)
February 8th, 2013  
@kdimagery

Thank you Kd - they are quite long projects to complete
February 8th, 2013  
@tanja_1211

Thank you Tanja - Katharine loves craft work of many different kinds
February 8th, 2013  
It certainly would make a great cushion cover and so much nicer to have it on display then stuck away somewhere. it's a lovely scene.
February 9th, 2013  
@bruni

Thank you Bruni - we now have several cushions with different scenes and themes, made from Katharine's tapestries.
February 16th, 2013  
Leave a Comment
Sign up for a free account or Sign in to post a comment.