talecoat  
1998
National Lottery & Arts Council England North East commission for storyteller Taffy Thomas
drawing, painting & machine embroidery on silk with cotton velvet border
 


Described as a storytelling "juke-box", all the images on the coat are of stories in Taffy's repertoire; point at one and he will tell one. Above is Paddy with Taffy in the Lit and Phil in Newcastle. Photograph by Keith Paisley

 

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