I’m pleased with the progress I’m making on the panel now, but I’m becoming slightly anxious that I might run out of the gold thread before I finish the panel. I don’t know how thick the core is at the centre of the spool, and I’ve noticed that the kinks in the gold thread are [...]
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8 Nov 11
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Posted in General Embroidery, Goldwork
Tagged Christus Natus Est, Goldwork, or nué, Silk thread
Tagged Christus Natus Est, Goldwork, or nué, Silk thread
1 Nov 11
As you can see, my recent obsession with this panel is paying off. I’ve finished the two bottom corners of the panel, and sunk all the loose ends. The red of St Joseph’s robe is enlivened with the rust sprinkled through it. Under normal lighting it barely shows, but it does make a slight difference, [...]
18 Oct 11
I’ve now got to the stage where I’ve started to leave uncovered gold thread at the bottom, and the sections of silk are reducing in size again. I’ve introduced a third shade of red into St Joseph’s robe, as well. It barely shows in most lights, but I think that it will make a difference [...]
7 Oct 11
I’ve become rather obsessed with making progress on the Christus Natus Est panel. Now that the spiral is finished, and the gold couching only stretches from edge to edge, that progress becomes easier to see. In particular, not only have I managed to finish the top of St Joseph’s head, and run two or three [...]
4 Oct 11
I’ve been making more progress, and in fact passed another milestone this past week. I’ve reached the right-hand edge and started to stitch just on the top section for a while. Suddenly it feels quicker, because although I’m making progress at the same rate as before (the stitching itself hasn’t speeded up!) I sometimes manage [...]
27 Sep 11
I’ve got to the point where the lower ends of the robes of Mary and Joseph have both been started, which also brings me very close to the other edge of the panel. It’s been a little slow of late, partly because the weather has been frightful – grey and overcast. Stitching goldwork in bright [...]
6 Sep 11
Since the Christus Natus Est panel seemed to be so popular, I thought I’d provide another update. As you can see, the curves that indicate the Virgin’s robes aren’t right at all. I can correct that later, rather as I will correct the Christ Child’s halo – and indeed, put in St Joseph’s halo, which [...]
5 Aug 11
I’ve been making good progress on the Christus Natus Est panel. I’ve had to re-stretch the fabric, which involved taking out all of the pins, and reinstating them. The stitching is much easier again now! I’ve reached the point at which I decided to end the spiral, which has gone over the outline I originally [...]
22 Jul 11
Recently I was sent a link to a page discussing Russian embroidered icons. It seems that for all we think of icons as purely painted pieces, embroidered icons aren’t new – it is simply that their relative fragility and the length of time it takes to create one have made them very much rarer. As [...]
1 Jul 11
Since I’ve received so many comments – and additional e-mails! – asking me to post more about Christus Natus Est, I’ve decided to post about it more frequently than I originally intended. Progress has slowed somewhat as the spiral gets larger, with ever-longer sections of the close silken stitching. Since I’m using two shades of [...]
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