Telling stories on tapestries is a very old idea. Egyptian examples date back more than 3000 years. By comparison, the eleventh century “Bayeux Tapestry: is practically modern art. Over the centuries, the tapestry medium has dealt with a wide variety of topics including religion (“The Apocalypse Tapestry”), sports (“The Devonshire Hunting Tapestries”), fantasy (“The Unicorn Tapestries”), and war (“The Rape of Helen”). Pushing the content boundary, Scottish artist Andrew Crummy has created a tapestry about his encounter with cancer. The story of Crummy’s medical and artistic journey is being documented by Jon Gill. Here we present the teaser for what Gill expects to be a mini-doc series.

About the Filmmaker

Based in Scotland,  Jon Gill identifies himself as a mobile filmmaker and educator. He is also the founder of Made on a Mobile, which celebrates the art and technology of shooting movies with phones and related devices. MobileMovieMaking recently featured his prize-winning short “Working at Home.”

You can keep up with Jon on Twitter, on  Instagram, and on his MadeonaMobile website.

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The editors of MobileMovieMaking have chosen “Cancer Tapestry” as the Mobile Movie of the Week.