The first tapestry, "The Flying Man" in honour of Czech dramatist, dissident and then President Václav Havel, was commissioned in 2012.
[6][7] This tapestry was funded by high-profile supporters of Amnesty International: musicians Bono, Edge, Peter Gabriel, Sting and Yoko Ono.
[8][9] The resulting 4 by 5 metre tapestry depicts a striking image of a flock of white birds, in the shape of a man, set against a vivid blue background.
The second tapestry, Out of the Marvellous, was created in honour of Nobel Literature Laureate, Irish poet and long time Amnesty supporter Seamus Heaney.
[12] Musician The Edge, another funder of the tapestry along with his bandmate Bono, said, "Seamus Heaney was an inspiration to our band—as well as to politicians, artists, dreamers and all in between, from every corner of the world.
I love the idea that the words of this great poet—and Sís's beautiful tapestry—will send travellers from Ireland and beyond safely on their way 'out of the marvellous.
'"[11] In July 2015, a third monumental tapestry, in memory of musician and activist John Lennon and in gratitude for his wife Yoko Ono and her generosity to Amnesty International, was unveiled at the Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration in New York City harbour.
In December 2015, a fourth monumental tapestry, measuring 6 X 3 metres, was unveiled and dedicated at Cape Town International Airport.
In July 2016 a fifth large tapestry, and a second honouring Vaclav Havel, was created by Pinton as a modified version of the original design by Sís.
This tapestry is ultimately destined for the main meeting room of the Vaclav Havel Building of the European Parliament in Strasbourg when its renovation is completed in the spring of 2017.
The tapestry was created in memory of Iranian lawyer and pro-democracy advocate Abdorrahman Boroumand, who was stabbed to death in the entrance to his apartment in Paris in 1991 by agents of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
He has received a Boston Globe–Horn Book Award four times: for Komodo (1993), A Small Tall Tale From the Far Far North (1994), Tibet: Through the Red Box (1999), and The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain (2008).