Threaded Together

1998

Margaret Scott

South Taranaki Stitchcraft Guild

Stratford and Opunake Embroiderers' Guild

Accessible

Type

  • Textile Work

Medium

  • Canvas
  • Mixed fibre

Dimensions

  • W2740 x H5590 x D50mm

Margaret Scott with South Taranaki Stitchcraft Guild and Stratford and Opunake Embroiderers Guild, ‘Threaded Together’ (1998), South Taranaki District Council, Te Hāwera

Images: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand, 2021

1998–Current

Main foyer, South Taranaki District Council, 105 Albion Street, Te Hāwera

Artists
Organisations
Credit

Collection of South Taranaki District Council

Associated Artwork Organisation(s)
    • South Taranaki District Council (Registered by, Owner)
    • South Taranaki Community Arts Council (Funder)
    • TSB (Taranaki Savings Bank) (Funder)

Description

This piece was commissioned to make the occasion of the completion of the South Taranaki District Council Building.

The work depicts all the smaller councils that went into creating the larger South Taranaki District. Work on the piece was was organised by embroiderer, Shirley Julian, who approached Margarett Scott for the design. Scott completed a watercolour cartoon which was cut into small squares for 30 members of the South Taranaki Stitchcraft Guild and the Stratford and Opunake Embroiderers’ Guild to work up.

The incredibly intricate work took 3 years to complete.