This tapestry was inspired by the medieval tapestries I saw during my travels as a Winston Churchill Fellow and the medieval frescos I saw in Bulgaria. Many I saw depicted various Marys weeping over Christ but it occurred to me one would not be caught weeping in front of the murderers of one’s loved one, but as an accuser one would look back with dignity and a spine of oak. The idea had a personal resonance with me and this is the result, I as the weaver, and also a Mary (my middle name) gets to look out through them. The medieval images are known as the Lamentation of Christ, and I have called this The Lamentation as a nod to the original source.
This tapestry was inspired by the medieval tapestries I saw during my travels as a Winston Churchill Fellow and the medieval frescos I saw in Bulgaria. Many I saw depicted various Marys weeping over Christ but it occurred to me one would not be caught weeping in front of the murderers of one’s loved one, but as an accuser one would look back with dignity and a spine of oak. The idea had a personal resonance with me and this is the result, I as the weaver, and also a Mary (my middle name) gets to look out through them. The medieval images are known as the Lamentation of Christ, and I have called this The Lamentation as a nod to the original source.
This tapestry was inspired by the medieval tapestries I saw during my travels as a Winston Churchill Fellow and the medieval frescos I saw in Bulgaria. Many I saw depicted various Marys weeping over Christ but it occurred to me one would not be caught weeping in front of the murderers of one’s loved one, but as an accuser one would look back with dignity and a spine of oak. The idea had a personal resonance with me and this is the result, I as the weaver, and also a Mary (my middle name) gets to look out through them. The medieval images are known as the Lamentation of Christ, and I have called this The Lamentation as a nod to the original source.
Chrissie Freeth
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14 March - 2 June 2024 New Light Prize Exhibition Rheged Arts Centre, Penrith Details here
4 May - 6 May 2024 Tales from the Loom Saltaire Arts Trail Details here
17 August - 18 August 2024 Art in the Pen Skipton Auction Market, Skipton Details Here
22 June - tbc September 2024 New Light Prize Exhibition The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle Details here
12 October - 31 December 2024 New Light Prize Exhibition The Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate Details here
Past Events
26 February - 3 March 2024 New Light Prize Exhibition Bankside Gallery, Southbank Details here
29 September - 22 December 2023 New Light Prize Exhibition Williamson Art Gallery & Museum, Birkenhead Details here
19 August - 20 August 2023 Art in the Pen Skipton Auction Market, Skipton Details Here
27 May - 29 May 2023 Tales from the Loom (postponed) Saltaire Arts Trail
14 August - 15 August 2022 Art in the Pen Skipton Auction Market, Skipton
15 May - 30 September 2022 ARTAPESTRY6 SINKKA Art Museumat Kerava, Finland
28 April - 25 May 2022 Beyond Words (solo exhibition), Ripon Cathedral
January & February 2022 Artist's Choice, Bradford Big Screen, Bradford Centenary Square
13 November 2021 - 10 January 2022 ARTAPESTRY6 Kulturcentrum Ronneby, Sweden
23 October - 12 December 2021 Cordis Prize for Tapestry Shortlist Exhibition Inverleith House Gallery, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh
22 September 2021 - 2 January 2022 Royal Academy Sumer Exhibition Royal Academy, London
20 July - 1st October 2021 ARTAPESTRY6 Gulbene Municipal History and Art Museum, Latvia
16 January - 18 April 2021 ARTAPESTRY6 ArtCentre Silkeborg Bad, Denmark
08 August - 10 August 2020 Art in the Pen Skipton Auction Market, Skipton (postponed due to Covid 19)
May 2020 Beyond Words (solo exhibition) Ripon Cathedral (postponed due to Covid 19)
21 September 2019 Conversations with Medieval Weavers Cheshire Guild WSD
10 August - 11 August 2019 Art in the Pen Skipton Auction Market, Skipton
18 June 2019 Conversations with Medieval Weavers Ilkley Art Club
25 May - 26 May 2019 Saltaire Arts Trail Saltaire, West Yorkshire
30 March 2019 Conversations with Medieval Weavers Weaving Rooms, Darlington
November & December 2018 Textile Art Big Screen, City Park, Bradford
11 August - 12 August 2018 Art in the Pen Skipton Auction Mary, Skipton
14 April- 23 June 2018 Prize winners exhibition, Lancashire & Yorkshire Craft Open Platform Gallery, Clitheroe
11 November - 23 December 2017 Craven Arts Christmas Exhibition Skipton Town Hall, Skipton
25 November 2017 Conversations with Dead Weavers Talk Bradford Guild of Weavers, Spinners & Dyers, Bradford Industrial Museum
5 October - 8 October 2017 Ilkley Arts Trail Manor House Museum, Ilkley
12 August - 13 August 2017 Art in the Pen Skipton Auction Mary, Skipton
10 June - 12 November 2017 Bradford Open Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford
27 May - 29 May 2017 Saltaire Arts Trail Saltaire, West Yorkshire
21 January - 22 April 2017 Lancashire & Yorkshire Craft Open Platform Gallery, Clitheroe
5 November - 6 November 2016 Crafted by Hand Masham Town Hall, North Yorkshire
15 October 2016 Tapestry: Ancient Beginnings to Contemporary Practice talk Bradford Guild of Weavers, Spinners & Dyers, Bradford Industrial Museum
6 October - 10 October 2016 1 in 4 Exhibition Gallery 2, Salts Mill, West Yorkshire
13 August - 14 August 2016 Art in the Pen Skipton Auction Mart, Skipton
16 July - 11 September 2016 Summer Show: Weave Craft in the Bay, Cardiff
30 July 2016 Demo East Riddlesden Hall, West Yorkshire
20 June 2016 Panel Member: Axminster at Harewood - An Ethical Debate Harewood House, Leeds
28 May - 30 May 2016 Saltaire Arts Trail Saltaire, West Yorkshire
February 2016 Big Screen, Notjusthockney Bradford Town Centre
22 November 2015 The Art Market Holfmirth, West Yorkshire
1 November 2015 Crafted by Hand Masham Town Hall, North Yorkshire
24 October 2015 Demo East Riddlesden Hall, West Yorkshire
15 August - 16 August 2015 Art in the PenSkipton Auction Mart, Skipton
25 April - 4 July 2015 Lancashire & Yorkshire Craft Open Platform Gallery, Clitheroe
23 May - 24 May 2015 Saltaire Arts Trail Saltaire, West Yorkshire
25 May 2015 Kids weaving activities Victoria Hall, Saltaire, West Yorkshire