{"id":10414,"date":"2017-05-23T09:03:09","date_gmt":"2017-05-23T08:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=10414"},"modified":"2017-04-30T12:48:59","modified_gmt":"2017-04-30T11:48:59","slug":"two-princesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/2017\/05\/23\/two-princesses\/","title":{"rendered":"Two princesses"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Two<\/a>

Two Princesses Fresco<\/p><\/div>\n

There’s a fresco of two of the daughters of Akhenaten and Nefertiti, which is quite well known, and indeed, was mentioned to me by the speaker, when I went to a lecture at the Egypt Exploration Society<\/a> about the textiles in Tutankhamun’s tomb.\u00a0 I decided to have a go at representing this fragment using my embelllisher, to provide a companion piece for the three Amarna Geese<\/a> I worked a while back.<\/p>\n

Children in ancient Egypt – of whatever rank – appear to have run around naked much of the time, and with shaven heads. I’ll just have to get the outlines right….<\/p>\n

\"Starting<\/a>

Starting Two Princesses<\/p><\/div>\n

I bought some more of the pre-felts I used for the Amarna Geese at “Sewing For Pleasure” in Birmingham, on the day I met up with Sue<\/a> of Tortoiseloft <\/a>blog.<\/p>\n

Then I printed out the image I found online as large as I could and started planning my variation. It won’t, of course, be an exact reproduction of the fresco. It will be a sort of inlaid felt version of what I think might have been the real life inspiration for the scene.<\/p>\n

\"Embroidered<\/a>

Embroidered Detail<\/p><\/div>\n

Long-time readers may recall that I discovered with the Amarna Geese that embroidered details help to bring a scene to life, and at least if the embroidery is worked in wool, responds well to being needlefelted.<\/p>\n

So after cutting out my two little princesses, in a single piece, I started to add details – lines to make sense of the bodies, the delicate eyes and eyebrows, the lips, and the necklaces. I’m very pleased with how they’ve turned out, because the felt doesn’t take pencil, so I was on my own – drawing with my needle.<\/p>\n

Now I have to work out how to create the impression of the fabric backdrop and bench my two little princesses are sitting on….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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