I've been aware for a while of the Red Dress Project for a while - for those whose aren't familiar with it, it's an artwork consisting of a dress which has been made / embroidered by over 350 people (mostly women) in 15 countries, including refugees, asylum-seekers, and professional and amateur needleworkers.
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| The Red Dress |
It's been turned into a touring exhibition, and has been at Tyntesfield for the month of May, so I decided to take the opportunity to go and look at it. (Also, despite it being fairly close by, I've never visited Tyntesfield, so that was a bonus!)
I was slightly frustrated that the dress was displayed in a room where it's not possible to walk round it to see it from all angles, and on a red carpet which didn't do it any favours! I think had I been organising it, I might have tried to find a different place to put it!
It's fascinating, and there must have been so much work done by so many people to create it.
After seeing the dress, I spent some time looking round the rest of the house
There is a rather nice library (with a rocking horse which has escaped from the nursery) and the house has it's own chapel (there were members of the Oxford movement, so very High Church), and the chapel has some mosaics...
And also some rather nice mock-medieval stained glass!
I also went for a short walk in the grounds, but it was rather hot and getting busy, so I decided to head home for lunch.
Nut I enjoyed my trip and I'm glad I got to see the dress!
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