Mia’s Bayeux Tapestry Story

March 19, 2022 6:41 AM

Mia Hannson has been recreating the Bayeaux Tapestry on her own for the past six years, with its original mistakes. Her Facebook: Mia’s Bayeux Tapestry Story. She also has had published Mia’s Bayeux Tapestry Colouring Book
posted by ShooBoo (5 comments total)

Wow! I've only seen pictures, and for some reason I thought it was smaller. What a neat project.
posted by pangolin party at 7:04 AM on March 19, 2022

I've spent some of my COVID time making copies of Egyptian furniture, so this is right squarely up my alley.

The colouring book images bring to my mind the Tristan quilt in the V&A (though it's about 300 years younger). The gallery has nearly 30 shots of the different story-telling panels. I find the graphic style to be as fresh as any web comic you'll see today.
posted by brachiopod at 7:18 AM on March 19, 2022 [2 favorites]

I love this this practice of recreating historical artifacts in the ways they may have been originally made. It reminds me of when I saw someone perform Beowulf in the original, and memorized. The performance was fine, but it was the artist’s talk about what he learned in the process of trying to work/perform like an 11c bard that was so fascinating. But he didn’t have coloring book merch. :)
posted by johnxlibris at 10:19 AM on March 19, 2022 [1 favorite]

That's amazing. Thanks for the neat post!
posted by Too-Ticky at 12:56 PM on March 19, 2022

YES, the Bayeux Tapestry coloring book is available in digital form! And it has now been purchased and is on my iPad and I'm so excited about coloring these quirky little men and their boats :D
posted by antinomia at 3:08 PM on March 19, 2022 [1 favorite]