The Old Man and the Sea - Tapestry Remake

Saturday, April 20, 2013


If you've met my Dad, you would swear these old fisherman paintings are all of him, from the sun reddened cheeks to the blue eyes*.

When I saw this forlorn tapestry at the back of local bazaar,** I knew exactly where it needed to go. I asked Mum for some off-cuts from a recently upholstered chair.  She was little confused when I promised to give them back.  I did give them back, eventually, just in a slightly different form.  The cushion now takes pride of place at my parents home by the beach.

This image has been a part of my family for a long time.  Nana used to have a faded re-production print of it in her lounge.  She swore it was really a painting of a distant relative. There might have been some truth in it but I never could get to the bottom of it.  I tried goggle searching the image but coudn't come up with any original.  It seams the old fisherman is has become folklore.  These little fisher-babys, on the other hand, certainly look like something I might be related to.

http://bransch.net/index.php?cont=portfolio&location=newyork&id_person=151&id_portfolio=286&id_image=28377



*Fortunately the pipe and smoking has only ever been a prop.  Though, a bubble pipe could be a pretty cool Fathers day gift at some point.

**Come to think of it, Graham, the Bazaar shop keeper would make a great fisherman too.

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3 comments

  1. I love the tapestry ~ and yes, it certainly does look like your dad. How wonderful Jxx

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  2. Great cushion and even more special if it reminds you of family!
    Liz @ Shortbread & Ginger

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  3. tapestry from photos, now that could be a new/growth craft. i love that your father looks like the chap from the fishermans friends advert, a very reassuring figure x

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