For two days only (yesterday and Friday), a super-scale embroidery of a scene from the television series 'Game of Thrones' was on display at the old Grainary Building and Arts College just north of King's Cross Station. I actually happened to be in the area on Saturday, so I checked it out. I did expect a larger crowd and people dressed up in 'Game of Thrones' cosplay, but there were only a handful of people admiring the piece while we were there.
It really is a fantastic work of art. It features the battle of Hardhome from last season and the 'white walker' characters. The main character is three-dimensional with a two-dimension background. The artwork was created with fifty different textiles from different locations in the UK and is on display in the area between the old Grainary Building at Central St. Martin's School of Art.
The piece was created to tie into the sale of the fifth season video release. It took fifty people over 30,000 hours to create, and Anthea Godfrey was the creative director which helped to bring several textile, embroidery and needlework groups together.
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