<P> An approximately half scale mosaic version of the Bayeux Tapestry was formerly on display at Geraldine, New Zealand . It was made up of 1.5 million 7 mm pieces of spring steel--off - cuts from patterning disks of knitting machines--and was created by Michael Linton over a period of twenty years from 1979 . The work was in 32 sections, and included a hypothetical reconstruction of the missing final section leading up to William the Conqueror's coronation at Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day, 1066 . </P> <P> Jason Welch, a woodcarver from North Creake, Norfolk, England, created a replica of the Tapestry between 2011 and 2014 in carved and painted wooden relief on 25 five - foot planks . He undertook the project to help cope with the grief of losing his 16 - year - old son . </P> <P> Other modern artists have attempted to complete the work by creating panels depicting subsequent events up to William's coronation, though the actual content of the missing panels is unknown . In 1997, the embroidery artist Jan Messent completed a reconstruction showing William accepting the surrender of English nobles at Berkhamsted (Beorcham), Hertfordshire, and his coronation . In early 2013, 416 residents of Alderney in the Channel Islands finished a continuation including William's coronation and the building of the Tower of London . </P> <P> Because it resembles a modern comic strip or movie storyboard, is widely recognised, and is so distinctive in its artistic style, the Bayeux Tapestry has frequently been used or reimagined in a variety of different popular culture contexts . George Wingfield Digby wrote in 1957: </P>

What is the central scene in the bayeux tapestry