Tanya Bentham is an expert in the style of hand embroidery known as 'Opus Anglicanum'. It is a style of embroidery that was prevalent in the 13th & 14th centuries in England. Very specific stitches are used in a specific way with specific materials and style.
Tanya shares her fascinating story of how she got started in embroidery and how the obsession with Opus Anglicanum started.
It may sound dull that Tanya takes her inspiration from Medieval manuscripts. Far from it! Those manuscripts contain hilarious situations and crazy characters and this was an area that I wanted to dig down into with Tanya.
There is a lot of humour in her work. She also loves to take old images and put a modern twist on them, but still using relevant imagery and sticking strictly to the style and methods of the era.
Tanya has brought all that knowledge and experience together and her first book is just about to be published... exciting times!
Susan Weeks chats with Tanya about:
For this episode... View Show Notes, Links & Examples of Tanya's work at https://stitcherystories.com/tanyabentham
Visit: https://www.opusanglicanumembroidery.com/
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Other links and things we talked about:
The Luttrell Psalter
https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/the-luttrell-psalter
The Syon Cope
https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/the-syon-cope
Bananarama
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A-w5L7pygE
Asterix & Obelix
https://www.asterix.com/en/
Tintin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Tintin
Les Dawson - wonky piano playing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nNGlaiVypU
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