sax shaw presentation
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Slides from talk on Sax Shaw given at Dovecot, Edinburgh on 19/01/12.TRANSCRIPT
Tapestry & Stained Glass The Work of Sax Shaw Francesca Baseby PhD Candidate University of Edinburgh & Dovecot Studios
Photo by Shannon To,s
bobbin
warp (ver5cal yarn)
we, (horizontal yarn)
David Cochrane weaving a sample for the Claire Barclay sculpture quick, slow (2010)
Shaw preparing glass to fit an outline drawing
Leading-‐up Bench; Small nails holding glass in posi5on during leading. Images from Divine & Blachford (1940) Stained Glass CraB, figures 30 and 37.
Part of a memorial window, 1987, dedicated to Lady Margaret Middleton from her husband Sir George Middleton, Glenmuick Parish Church, Ballater
Cappers Tapestry, 1957, designed by Sax Shaw Woven at Dovecot, weaver unknown Cappers Room, Coventry Cathedral
Summer, 1941 Designed by Jean Lurçat Woven by Atelier Goubely, Aubusson
Above: Design for FighFng Cocks and weavers’ ini5als Le,: FighFng Cocks, 1950 Designed by Sax Shaw Woven by Archie Brennan and Ronald McVinnie
Above: Theseus and the Minotaur, 1956 Designed by Sax Shaw Weavers unknown Sold by a private owner at Chris5e’s, London 2011 Right: Detail
St Luke, 1954 Weavers not known Private Collec5on
Above: SFll Life, c.1957 Designed by Sax Shaw Weavers unknown Private Collec5on Photo © Antonia Reeve Right: Diploma Window, 1939 Sax Shaw
Above: Chair Seat, 1950s Ardkinglas Collec5on Right: Pulpit Fall, 1957 Blacadder Aisle, Glasgow Cathedral
Cycle of Life, 1958 Sax Shaw Woven by Richard Gordon, Fred Mann, Harry Wright City Art Centre, Edinburgh Museums and Galleries
Sketch for Warriston Crematorium Commission Bute Archives, Mount Stuart Top Right: Tapestry in situ at Warriston Crematorium Below Right: Detail
Part of the cartoon for Cycle of Life, with annotated detail to the right.
Edinburgh College of Art Stained Glass Studio
Windows of Glenmuick Parish Church, Ballater Photo by Gordon Wad www.glenmuickchurch.org.uk
Above: Design for Middleton Memorial Window Le,: Middleton Memorial Window, 1986 Glenmuick Parish Church, Ballater Photo by Gordon Wad
Photo by Jonathan Cleaver, Dovecot Studios Glass and Ceramics at Howe Street
Le,: Notes from visit to the Musée de l’Homme www.museedelhomme.fr Below: An5que glass
Clockwise from below le,: Two Undated Tapestries Shaw Family Collec5on (not woven at Dovecot) Undated St MaJhew (detail), 1955 Designed by Sax Shaw Weavers Unknown Bute Collec5on, Mount Stuart
Glenmuick Church, Ballater, Aberdeenshire
Holy Trinity Church, South Street, St Andrews
St Mary’s Kirk, Haddington Kilwinning Abbey
Church Na5onal Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
Restalrig Parish Church, Edinburgh
Hyndland Church, Glasgow
Dovecot 1912-‐2012: 100 Years of Contemporary Tapestry ExhibiFon
Curated by Dr Elizabeth Cumming 13 July – 7 October
Dovecot, 10 Infirmary Street
The Art of Modern Tapestry: Dovecot Studios since 1912 PublicaFon in AssociaFon with Lund Humphries
Edited by Dr Elizabeth Cumming with an Essay by David Weir July 2012
Copies will be available from the Dovecot Bookshop
Francesca’s Research Blog: wriDngwarpandweF.blogspot.com Twider: twiIer.com/FranBaseby
Scolsh Stained Glass Trust: facebook.com/scoNshstainedglasstrust