{"id":10416,"date":"2017-06-06T09:03:24","date_gmt":"2017-06-06T08:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=10416"},"modified":"2017-05-29T20:06:02","modified_gmt":"2017-05-29T19:06:02","slug":"the-head-of-nefertiti-further-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/2017\/06\/06\/the-head-of-nefertiti-further-details\/","title":{"rendered":"The Head of Nefertiti – further details"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Additions<\/a>

Additions For Nefertiti<\/p><\/div>\n

I suddenly realised that I haven’t got any representations of the Aten in the panels. Considering that Akhenaten’s new, monotheistic devotion to the Aten actually created Amarna (Aketaten in his day), that is more than a little remiss of me. So the extra details I am planning for Nefertiti – shown here, drafted on tracing paper laid over the the print I didn’t use for stitching – begin to right that wrong.<\/p>\n

I’ve drawn the rays of the Aten ending in little hands outstretched in blessing, as seen in many wall-carvings and paintings at Amarna. For some reason (research to be done…!) the hands nearest the noses of Nefertiti and Akhenaten often hold an ankh, so that is also included.<\/p>\n

I’ve added in Nefertiti’s cartouche, although I think I may have drawn it too large for the design as a whole, and my own, which will include my initials in Morse Code, as this is a standalone companion piece.<\/p>\n

\"Barely<\/a>

Barely There<\/p><\/div>\n

I want the lines to be there, and yet not there, so I found some filament silk that I bought at Texere Yarns before they closed their store, and had a go with it, using reverse herringbone stitch, as I did for the contours of The Map of Amarna<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And it completely disappeared.<\/p>\n

Oh dear!<\/p>\n

\"Much<\/a>

Much Better<\/p><\/div>\n

So this is the next version, reverse chain stitch using a 2-into-1 twist. I’m much happier with that, although twisting the thread before I stitch with it does rather slow down the stitching part of it!<\/p>\n

But still, here I am, stitching with hand-twisted thread, twisted by me. Never would fifteen-year-old me have believed I would be doing that!<\/p>\n

If my Grandmama could see me now….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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