Its done! The tapestry is now off the loom and being readied for hanging. The Vice Chancellor of RMIT, Margaret Gardner, performed the 'cutting off' ceremony yesterday in front of a small crowd of weavers, staff and students at the Brunswick campus where the weaving has taken place. And it looks fantastic! One of the problems with tapestry weaving is that you only ever see about a metre of the tapestry while it is being woven, so there is always that little bit of trepidation before you see the completed work. Will the edges be straight? Will the colours be consistent through the whole tapestry? Will the commissioner like the finished product? etc etc. However, as you can see from the pics it all went well and everyone is happy with it.





The Vice Chancellor starts the cutting off



















The tapestry comes off the loom
















A happy bunch of weavers and volunteers













Once off the loom, all the levelling threads are removed

















And the plaiting off of the warp threads begins. After this it will be readied for hanging and I will let you know when that is about to take place