Landscape with Red Kites for the National Library of Wales and Celf ar Y Cyd.

At the beginning of 2025, the National Library of Wales commissioned three textile artists working in Wales today to respond to these works. In this third and final interview read how Penny Tristram was inspired by Short’s Y Brain / The Crows, and the relationship between painting and embroidery in her practice…


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Simon the Pllar Saint, after Carel Willink

Simon the Pllar Saint, after Carel Willink

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Simon the Pllar Saint by Carel Willink, 1939

Row of Poplars, after Tina Blau

Row of Poplars C1900 by Tina Blau

Madame Victoire de France, after Adélaïde Labille-Guiard

Madame Victoire de France by Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, 1787