{"id":11429,"date":"2018-10-23T09:02:53","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T08:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=11429"},"modified":"2018-10-01T12:23:46","modified_gmt":"2018-10-01T11:23:46","slug":"head-of-a-princess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/2018\/10\/23\/head-of-a-princess\/","title":{"rendered":"Head of a Princess"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Head<\/a>

Head Of Ankhsenpaaten<\/p><\/div>\n

One of the crowning finds of the season was a small carved stone head, interpreted as depicting one of Akhenaten and Nefertiti’s daughters, Ankhsenpaaten. I know the princesses<\/a> (two of them!) have already appeared, but that is a separate piece, whereas this version may be able to form part of the main panels.<\/p>\n

I gathered several source photographs and some fabric, and Thought Hard.<\/p>\n

And decided to challenge myself. Whenever will I learn?<\/p>\n

\"Ankhsenpaaten<\/a>

Ankhsenpaaten Design<\/p><\/div>\n

So I’ve stretched a piece of calico over some small stretchers, and attached a rather nice piece of silk over the top.<\/p>\n

Then I’ve traced the main elements of the head onto tissue, and transferred it using running stitch. I’m going to need to be careful, because I want to be able to remove these running stitches when I’ve finished, but there is a lot of stitching to do yet.<\/p>\n

I just hope I’ve transferred enough to give me the right level of guidelines!<\/p>\n

\"Seed<\/a>

Seed Stitching for Ankhsenpaaten<\/p><\/div>\n

I’m going to use seed stitches in several different shades of spun silk, hoping to end up with something of the granular effect that some stone has. I’m starting with one layer of seeding, staring hard at the source photo and stitching clouds of seed stitches to give the first level of dimensionality. It is going to take quite a while to do this, especially when you consider that it is a very simple technique.<\/p>\n

Simple in principle, that is. In execution, not so much!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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