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Calling all Game of Thrones fans - a huge tapestry commissioned by producers of the hit series is on display in Glasgow.

The embroidery piece measures a whopping five metres long and four metres tall, and it took more than 5,000 hours to make, courtesy of 140 volunteers at The Embroiderers' Guild.

HBO contacted the group and asked for the special artwork to form the backdrop to the DVD release of the show's fifth series.

They stitched a tapestry featuring an intense battle scene - the massacre of Hardhome - and featuring a White Walker, one of the show's central antagonists.

The embroidery goes on display at Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU)'s Saltire Centre from today (Thursday, September 20) and will remain on show to students, staff and members of the public until it is put up for auction in February 2019.

Anthea Godfrey, Embroiderers' Guild artistic director and project manager, said: "This has been an amazing project that truly has brought the embroidery community together across the whole of the UK.

"We are really proud to have been involved."

The Embroiderers' Guild has close links with GCU dating back 12 years, especially through its fashion programmes.

John Cook, GCU media professor, added: "Game of Thrones is one of the biggest TV shows on the planet right now.

"Aside from those who avidly consume it in box-sets, many even stay up half the night to watch when each new episode drops on UK TV.

"I'm sure this embroidery will attract a great deal of interest ?particularly from those who can't wait until 2019 and the release of the final season of GoT."