Visitor impressions, 2

More comments from some of our early visitors:

"Shirley Ross: On the Shoulders of Giants - a large monumental tapestry reflecting the age of steam in monochrome. Fabulous! It was particularly interesting to see examples of Shirley’s process of design sketches, developing on paper, seeing it refined into a working drawing as a guide for the final work on display."

"Kirkleatham Museum... was a truly lovely setting and it must be said that the relatively small rooms where the tapestries were displayed contributed to a feeling of intimacy. Tapestries were grouped by theme and this also added to the enjoyment of viewing them. I wish I could have spent longer looking at each exhibit but that would have taken so long as there was such variety."
"Other weavings which leapt out -

• Alastair Duncan’s Metamorphosis:  clarity of design and concept, with innovative sound system.
  
• Ruth Bell's The Blessing of Rain: highly original and so effective, the warp and rain become one with the source with the landscape in the distance obscured by the warp rain.
  
• Leslie Fox's Built on Coal – the more I looked the more details I noticed,  from  mining the coal below ground to the misery and poverty of the workers and the smoke filled polluted skies.
  
• Margaret Crowther’s Low Tide: an amazing piece of three dimensional work , finely detailed and exquisite."

They liked what they saw. What did you think of your visit? Click a Comments link and let us know.