Introducing a new book by one of NWAC founding members on the textile traditions of the North Atlantic, from the Viking Age to the Early Modern Period. To be published on November 3rd, 2020 with University Press Florida. “An impressive presentation of Viking Age and medieval textile production in the North Atlantic, especially in Iceland…
Category: michele hayeur smith
Norse North Atlantic Textiles and Textile Production: a reflection of adaptive strategies in unique island environments.
Paper presented at the 3rd International St. Magnus Conference: Visualising the North 14-16 April 2016, in Kirkwall, Orkney.
The Lady in Blue: the research, the exhibit, on Kastljós, RÚV, Iceland.
This video describing the research process behind the Lady in Blue exhibit was aired on Icelandic television in 2015, as part of the program ´Kastljós´.
Life, Death, Fate and Female Embodiment: Weaving in Viking Age and Medieval Iceland
Lecture by Michele Hayeur Smith Given at Bridgewater State University, on November 1, 2012