Miniature Tapestry

My method for doing miniature tapestry...

Miniature Coptic Tapestry 2 1/2" x 1 1/2", 2006 wool, linen, metal wire, indigo, madder Based on a fragment of 2nd-3rd century CE Coptic tapestry from Antino. Warp was linen embroidery floss. All weft threads are wool mill ends. The blue, and dark blue-grey threads are dyed with indigo (on white and natural grey wool). Salmon threads are dyed in madder afterbath. Purple and dark green threads are commercially dyed.

My loom was juri-rigged from an embroidery scroll frame (on a stand), a couple pegs from my spool rack, and a pair of shoelaces.

Work was woven with cut lengths of thread, on a blunt needle, which was also used to beat down the weft.

Weft ends were sewn in after the tapestry was finished. The rod from which it hangs is made of twisted gold-coloured wire.