ASK24: Fanciful Floral
Description:
Fanciful Floral is a mixed media design that was developed for Kreinik Manufacturing, Inc. for a class at the TNNA Show in New York City in 1988. It is a mixed media design that combines some blackwork with two couching patterns and one composite pattern to form a delicate flower. The design was conceived as a vehicle to teach the proper handling of silk threads and to show methods to incorporate several types of metallics into a mixed media design.
Fanciful Floral is a mixed media design that was developed for Kreinik Manufacturing, Inc. for a class at the TNNA Show in New York City in 1988. It is a mixed media design that combines some blackwork with two couching patterns and one composite pattern to form a delicate flower. The design was conceived as a vehicle to teach the proper handling of silk threads and to show methods to incorporate several types of metallics into a mixed media design.
Materials:
Canvas: 7" x 9" piece 24-mesh OOE or Zweigart white Congress cloth
Stretcher frame: 7" x 9"
1 yd. #8 Kreinik metallic braid: #002 gold
3 yards #16 Kreinik metallic braid: #9194 mint green
4 yards Kreinik #1 Japanese gold
Au Ver a Soie d'Alger French silk:
2 yards #925 dark coral
2.5 yards #934 medium dark coral
2 yards #924 medium coral
2.5 yards #216 dark teal
2 yards #214 medium teal
Tapestry needles - sizes #20, #22, #24, and #26
Canvas: 7" x 9" piece 24-mesh OOE or Zweigart white Congress cloth
Stretcher frame: 7" x 9"
1 yd. #8 Kreinik metallic braid: #002 gold
3 yards #16 Kreinik metallic braid: #9194 mint green
4 yards Kreinik #1 Japanese gold
Au Ver a Soie d'Alger French silk:
2 yards #925 dark coral
2.5 yards #934 medium dark coral
2 yards #924 medium coral
2.5 yards #216 dark teal
2 yards #214 medium teal
Tapestry needles - sizes #20, #22, #24, and #26