Arthur Boyd tapestries of Saint Francis of Assisi on display after 50 years

"Twenty enormous tapestries depicting the life of Saint Francis of Assisi, commissioned by artist Arthur Boyd, will be displayed at the National Gallery.The workshop's director, Vera Fino, said weavers worked shoulder to shoulder around the clock, adding 3 centimetres to the tapestries each day." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-19/arthur-boyd-tapestries-saint-francis-assisi-national-gallery/106814094

The artist and the weavers

Who wove the twenty enormous tapestries?
On the websites/ exhibition it mentions the name of a male artist

Has he done 8 million individual stitches on each of the 20 tapestries on eight-hour shifts?

Who spun the wool?

So many questions.
So much to see.
So much to ask.

Inspired by A Worker Reads and Asks, B Brecht >>
https://www.the-tls.com/regular-features/poem-of-the-week/a-worker-reads-and-asks-bertolt-brecht-poem-of-the-week-andrew-mcculloch

Manufactura de Tapeçarias de Portalegre>>
https://www.mtportalegre.pt/en/galeria

Saint Francis of Assisi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_of_Assisi
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