Magna Carta (An Embroidery)
Magna Carta (An Embroidery) is an embroidery of the English Wikipedia article for Magna Carta. It was made in 2015 by artist Cornelia Parker. It was made to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta.[1]
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| Artist | Cornelia Parker |
|---|---|
| Year | 2015 |
| Type | Embroidery |
Parker used 87 pieces of fabric and gave them to people around the United Kingdom. More than 200 people worked on the embroidery. Most of the text was stitched by prisoners and the pictures were done by people in the Embroiderers' Guild.[2] Jurists, activists, and artists helped with the stitching. Many of them stitched words that they liked.[3] Students from La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School were the youngest people to work on the embroidery.[4]
Magna Carta (An Embroidery) Media
Documentary film on the making of Magna Carta (An Embroidery)
Detail of the work reproducing an image of the 1297 copy of Magna Carta on display in the Members' Hall of Parliament House, Canberra, Australia
Magna Carta (An Embroidery), a 40 foot long embroidery of the Wikipedia article Magna Carta, conceived by Cornelia Parker, commissioned by the Ruskin School of Art, as exhibited at the British Library in connection with their Magna Carta exhibition, May to June 2015.
References
- ↑ "Ruskin School of Art commissions artwork to mark Magna Carta's 800th anniversary". University of Oxford. 27 November 2014.
- ↑ Masters, Tim (14 May 2015). "Hand-sewn Wikipedia page marks Magna Carta anniversary". BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-32734566.
- ↑ Craig, Zoe (16 May 2015). "Someone’s Embroidered Magna Carta’s Wikipedia Page". Londonist. https://londonist.com/2015/05/someones-embroidered-magna-cartas-wikipedia-page.php.
- ↑ Heidi and Holly (19 May 2015). "Embroidering the Magna Carta to mark 800th anniversary". BBC News School Report. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schoolreport/32780463.
