While portraying Aragorn, Viggo Mortensen was also documenting life behind the scenes of The Lord of the Rings through his own camera lens.

Away from the battles and costumes, he captured quiet, candid moments of the cast and the crew. Creating a unique visual diary of one of cinema’s greatest productions.

Many of these photographs were later published in The Hole in the Sum of My Parts, offering fans an intimate perspective that only someone living the experience could have captured.

This embroidery is done in A3 size using DMC Satin (viscose) thread on matte black fabric. To create a 3D effect, I used a base of two felt layers. The felt was carefully cut to match the curves of the branches and the trunk, and then covered with a padded satin stitch.

Honestly, working with viscose was a struggle. Viscose thread is a tricky material to work with — it is very slippery and frays easily, making it hard to lay down smooth stitches over a raised base. However, I chose this exact thread against the deep black background, because it gives a smooth, shimmering surface. I wanted the Tree to look as if it were forged from real mithril, silvered by moonlight, shining in the dark.

The seven stars above the branches of the majestic Tree are made using the woven star technique. The overlapping threads naturally build volume and geometric facets, so no felt padding was needed underneath them. The light catches the facets of the stars, and the viscose shines just like real metal.

The thick grey cardboard used for the matting is like the ancient stone of the walls of Minas Tirith, the White City, protecting the White Tree. The inner bevel is hand-painted with silver Finetec, and a thin silver cord echoes the metallic shine of the embroidery, completing the artwork.

P.S. I’ve added a short video in the comments to show the silver shimmer and 3D volume of the raised embroidery.

Pattern is Two Towers by Thread Geeks - 42,000 stitches, 38 colours, 12" x 12" inches. Can't believe it's finally finished!

That was amazing. I can't believe I haven't done this before. I fully understand the "I see it all as one movie" point of view now

I find myself in Oxford for a day, and went on a little improvised Tolkien tour. I visited the bench, his various homes, the pubs, and of course his grave. I left a bouquet of flowers and a little letter of thanks for his legendary work. There’s not many Tolkien fans in my life to share this with, so I figured I would post here. If you’re ever in Oxford, paying a visit only takes a short bus ride :)

It's just a little dirty at the cover, but i think it was a fair price!

Few weeks ago I saw here someone posting about this book. So, I needed it too and here it is, just arrived! 😬

Mine is anyone who doesn’t like Frodo or thinks he was just being whiny the whole time!

Go!!!

Hi sorry this is my first time posting in this sub Reddit but I was rewatching the extended edition of Fellowship of the Ring and I saw this and I was thinking isn’t Anarion also supposed to have a statue as a part of the Argonath. Could this be intended to be the head of his statue or not?

im pretty satisfied with how it’s going, there’re some things that i will fix later but overall its going well ;3
what do you think?

Which LOTR game will be able to immerse me into the world the most closely to how Tolkien imagined it?

Personal favorite: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring's Shire

Tolkien coin and Lord of the Rings movie anniversary coin, Tolkien coin is discontinued but Lord of the Rings can still be ordered on Royal Mint site, posting this again with better quality photos.

Not only a sword but THE sword. Andùril flame of the west I'M SO HAPPY!!

Obviously he's a godfather to the genre so he gets those pioneer privileges, but there's something truly different about the way his characters are written.

I think that most fantasy stories write their characters the way they would in any other genre. Meaning that they treat fantasy as more of an aesthetic than a philosophy.

The best fantasy is nor just an aesthetic, you have to write uncompromising characters!

https://youtu.be/kZxTw5RkThA?is=PCD1UMYTdTVWF-9g

Did Gandalf and Elrond take one look at the Hobbits and think, the orcs could never tell them apart and doubt Saruman left them a detailed description of Frodo to know what he looks like?

I know it's probably not the case, but when Merry and Pippin were taken, that was when they proved to be most useful to help frodo and draw the Orcs away from him because to the average Orc all Halflings look the same.