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Paisley teacher leaves lasting legacy with Abbey tapestry
Anne Carmichael was the brainchild behind Paisley Grammar’s commemorate tapestry designed to celebrate the 750th anniversary of the iconic building.
The tapestry remains in Paisley Abbey 40 years on. (Image: Paisley)
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A Paisley teacher who touched the lives of many Buddies will forever be remembered by the tapestry in Paisley Abbey.
Brian Beacom JOHN Byrne has Zoomed into the room, and the first impression is the artist/writer certainly hasn’t surrendered to the sartorial ordinariness of a man born at the beginning of the Blitz. His traditional two-tone jacket, the louche silk scarf on neck still suggests a retired rock star, or a mid-20th century dandy. Byrne, thank goodness, still loves to dress to the tens. What’s missing, however, is the almost omnipresent roll-up which dangled from his lips like a limp, recently hanged man. And the Frank Zappa combed-back dark hair is now a soft silver shading, as is his goatee. Yet, still Byrne looks commanding. Defiant. Like a subject in search of an artist, a task he has often taken upon himself.