Slides from talk on Sax Shaw given at Dovecot, Edinburgh on 19/01/12.

1. Tapestry
&
Stained
Glass
The
Work
of
Sax
Shaw
Francesca
Baseby
PhD
Candidate
University
of
Edinburgh
&
Dovecot
Studios
Photo
by
Shannon
To,s

4. bobbin
warp
(ver5cal
yarn)
we,
(horizontal
yarn)
David
Cochrane
weaving
a
sample
for
the
Claire
Barclay
sculpture
quick,
slow
(2010)

5. Leading-­‐up
Bench;
Small
nails
holding
glass
in
posi5on
during
leading.
Images
from
Divine
&
Blachford
(1940)
Stained
Glass
CraB,
Shaw
preparing
glass
to
fit
an
outline
drawing
figures
30
and
37.

7. Cappers
Tapestry,
1957,
designed
by
Sax
Shaw
Woven
at
Dovecot,
weaver
unknown
Cappers
Room,
Coventry
Cathedral
Part
of
a
memorial
window,
1987,
dedicated
to
Lady
Margaret
Middleton
from
her
husband
Sir
George
Middleton,
Glenmuick
Parish
Church,
Ballater

8. Summer,
1941
Designed
by
Jean
Lurçat
Woven
by
Atelier
Goubely,
Aubusson

9. Above:
Design
for
FighFng
Cocks
and
weavers’
ini5als
Le,:
FighFng
Cocks,
1950
Designed
by
Sax
Shaw
Woven
by
Archie
Brennan
and
Ronald
McVinnie

10. Above:
Theseus
and
the
Minotaur,
1956
Designed
by
Sax
Shaw
Weavers
unknown
Sold
by
a
private
owner
at
Chris5e’s,
London
2011
Right:
Detail

11. St
Luke,
1954
Weavers
not
known
Private
Collec5on

12. Above:
SFll
Life,
c.1957
Designed
by
Sax
Shaw
Weavers
unknown
Private
Collec5on
Photo
©
Antonia
Reeve
Right:
Diploma
Window,
1939
Sax
Shaw

13. Above:
Chair
Seat,
1950s
Ardkinglas
Collec5on
Right:
Pulpit
Fall,
1957
Blacadder
Aisle,
Glasgow
Cathedral

14. Cycle
of
Life,
1958
Sax
Shaw
Woven
by
Richard
Gordon,
Fred
Mann,
Harry
Wright
City
Art
Centre,
Edinburgh
Museums
and
Galleries

15. Sketch
for
Warriston
Crematorium
Commission
Bute
Archives,
Mount
Stuart
Top
Right:
Tapestry
in
situ
at
Warriston
Crematorium
Below
Right:
Detail

16. Part
of
the
cartoon
for
Cycle
of
Life,
with
annotated
detail
to
the
right.

17. Edinburgh
College
of
Art
Stained
Glass
Studio

18. Windows
of
Glenmuick
Parish
Church,
Ballater
Photo
by
Gordon
Wad
www.glenmuickchurch.org.uk

19. Above:
Design
for
Middleton
Memorial
Window
Le,:
Middleton
Memorial
Window,
1986
Glenmuick
Parish
Church,
Ballater
Photo
by
Gordon
Wad

21. Glass
and
Ceramics
at
Howe
Street
Photo
by
Jonathan
Cleaver,
Dovecot
Studios

22. Le,:
Notes
from
visit
to
the
Musée
de
l’Homme
www.museedelhomme.fr
Below:
An5que
glass

23. Clockwise
from
below
le,:
Two
Undated
Tapestries
Shaw
Family
Collec5on
(not
woven
at
Dovecot)
Undated
St
MaJhew
(detail),
1955
Designed
by
Sax
Shaw
Weavers
Unknown
Bute
Collec5on,
Mount
Stuart

24. Glenmuick
Church,
Ballater,
Aberdeenshire
Holy
Trinity
Church,
South
Street,
St
Andrews
Hyndland
Church,
Glasgow
Restalrig
Parish
St
Mary’s
Kirk,
Kilwinning
Abbey
Na5onal
Museum
of
Church,
Edinburgh
Haddington
Church
Scotland,
Edinburgh

25. Dovecot
1912-­‐2012:
100
Years
of
Contemporary
Tapestry
ExhibiFon
Curated
by
Dr
Elizabeth
Cumming
13
July
–
7
October
Dovecot,
10
Infirmary
Street
The
Art
of
Modern
Tapestry:
Dovecot
Studios
since
1912
PublicaFon
in
AssociaFon
with
Lund
Humphries
Edited
by
Dr
Elizabeth
Cumming
with
an
Essay
by
David
Weir
July
2012
Copies
will
be
available
from
the
Dovecot
Bookshop

26. Francesca’s
Research
Blog:
wriDngwarpandweF.blogspot.com
Twider:
twiIer.com/FranBaseby
Scolsh
Stained
Glass
Trust:
facebook.com/scoNshstainedglasstrust