CASK2: Br-r-r-r-rdbath
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Technique: Mixed Media Canvas Embroidery Level: Advanced Intermediate Class Length: Two Days Kit Price: $112.00 Ground: 23-mesh gray OOE Congress cloth Finished Size: 14" Square |
Course Description: Who can resist the whimsical charm of Charley Harper whose unique graphic wildlife subjects adapt well to canvas. This "skinny dipping" cardinal is framed in a circular border and mat embellished with two original open canvas treatments. The outlines will be stitched ahead to make class time more productive.
Four metallics combine with silks, cotton pearl cotton and floss, velour, Rachelette, and several types of beads to produce a glittering winter setting for the bird as he "cleans and preens his flying machine." Techniques explored include couching, blackwork, and beading. Two formulas are used to add scattered frosted leaves.
Some original patterning is used in the border treatments of the design and in a few accent areas. Some variations of familiar stitches such as Old Florentine and Hungarian are used in the birdbath. Web and Burden stitch are also used along with Stem stitch to achieve the soft curves needed in the leaves and the bird. The reversible blackwork in the wings is a layered pattern that uses two values of red to produce a soft shaded effect.
This is the fourth print of Charley Harper's that I have adapted, with permission, to canvas. The others have all been popular designs, and he is well known in embroidery circles today due to the exposure given to his work by KD Artistry and successive needlework companies. The cardinal itself has always had special appeal to bird fanciers, and the architectural details made this scene particularly appropriate for a canvas interpretation.
In addition to creating an elegant design, students will also learn some guidelines about pattern development and control in class. The addition of appropriate borders and how to develop them will also be discussed.
COLOR CHOICE: None
PREWORK: The border outlines must be worked prior to class. Estimated time is 15-18 hours.
GOALS OF THIS CLASS:
1. To introduce students to appropriate ways to adapt from non-embroidered sources.
2. To discuss ways to develop appropriate borders and backgrounds for designs.
3. To share ways to develop formulas for repeated elements like the leaves.
4. To discuss ways to develop "atmosphere" in a piece - snow scene here.
5. To discuss stitch variations and how to derive unusual stitch treatments for a design.
6. To demonstrate proper laying of plied threads and other ways to refine canvas skills in some of the stitch treatments used.
TEACHER PROVIDES: Complete kit that includes all materials needed to execute the design except stretcher frame, comprehensive instruction booklet, and colored photograph of the model with four detailed views. Fee includes the mail-ahead segment too. Threads used include pearl cotton in two weights, Au ver a Soie d'Alger silk, four different Kreinik metallics, tangerine Rachelette, and red Fine Velour. Beaded accents include silver beads, opalescent paillettes, black pebble beads and clear balls.
STUDENT PROVIDES: Two Hi-Liter pens, laying tool, basting thread, 18" stretcher frame, embroidery scissors, a clamp or weight to secure the frame to a table, lamp and/or magnifier, if needed, along with an extension cord.
TEACHER'S CLASSROOM NEEDS: Blackboard, eraser, and chalk preferred (marker board acceptable alternative). U-shape arrangement for student tables if possible. Need large table somewhere for exhibit of visual aids. Small table in front near board for teacher's notebook and stitched model.
SUGGESTED FINISHING OF DESIGN: Framed piece
Four metallics combine with silks, cotton pearl cotton and floss, velour, Rachelette, and several types of beads to produce a glittering winter setting for the bird as he "cleans and preens his flying machine." Techniques explored include couching, blackwork, and beading. Two formulas are used to add scattered frosted leaves.
Some original patterning is used in the border treatments of the design and in a few accent areas. Some variations of familiar stitches such as Old Florentine and Hungarian are used in the birdbath. Web and Burden stitch are also used along with Stem stitch to achieve the soft curves needed in the leaves and the bird. The reversible blackwork in the wings is a layered pattern that uses two values of red to produce a soft shaded effect.
This is the fourth print of Charley Harper's that I have adapted, with permission, to canvas. The others have all been popular designs, and he is well known in embroidery circles today due to the exposure given to his work by KD Artistry and successive needlework companies. The cardinal itself has always had special appeal to bird fanciers, and the architectural details made this scene particularly appropriate for a canvas interpretation.
In addition to creating an elegant design, students will also learn some guidelines about pattern development and control in class. The addition of appropriate borders and how to develop them will also be discussed.
COLOR CHOICE: None
PREWORK: The border outlines must be worked prior to class. Estimated time is 15-18 hours.
GOALS OF THIS CLASS:
1. To introduce students to appropriate ways to adapt from non-embroidered sources.
2. To discuss ways to develop appropriate borders and backgrounds for designs.
3. To share ways to develop formulas for repeated elements like the leaves.
4. To discuss ways to develop "atmosphere" in a piece - snow scene here.
5. To discuss stitch variations and how to derive unusual stitch treatments for a design.
6. To demonstrate proper laying of plied threads and other ways to refine canvas skills in some of the stitch treatments used.
TEACHER PROVIDES: Complete kit that includes all materials needed to execute the design except stretcher frame, comprehensive instruction booklet, and colored photograph of the model with four detailed views. Fee includes the mail-ahead segment too. Threads used include pearl cotton in two weights, Au ver a Soie d'Alger silk, four different Kreinik metallics, tangerine Rachelette, and red Fine Velour. Beaded accents include silver beads, opalescent paillettes, black pebble beads and clear balls.
STUDENT PROVIDES: Two Hi-Liter pens, laying tool, basting thread, 18" stretcher frame, embroidery scissors, a clamp or weight to secure the frame to a table, lamp and/or magnifier, if needed, along with an extension cord.
TEACHER'S CLASSROOM NEEDS: Blackboard, eraser, and chalk preferred (marker board acceptable alternative). U-shape arrangement for student tables if possible. Need large table somewhere for exhibit of visual aids. Small table in front near board for teacher's notebook and stitched model.
SUGGESTED FINISHING OF DESIGN: Framed piece