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Let the Needle and Thread Speak to You
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
It is the greatest honor and fun to see the completed canvases of our customers, whether they are Art Needlepoint canvases or projects obtained elsewhere.
Seeing the creativity and love come forward in every canvas is fantastic!
Below is one of our canvases that a proud grandparent used to create a very special personalized birth announcement :
Shortly after Mr. Bock selected Noah's Ark to be stitched with silk threads for a grand child, we received an envelope overflowing with pictures of many of the needlepoint he has done over the years.
,
This is his first piece - stitched whilst he was recuperating in bed over the course of months years ago.
A South West Native American Indian Pattern he is especially fond of -- and so are we!
A Thomas Kincaide piece
and a Kachina Doll
Choosing Your Next Canvas
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Recently I had a conversation with a woman who wanted ideas on how to finish a canvas. The canvas was done by Anne Ryan. Anne Ryan was a collage artist who started doing collage in her late 50’s. She died in her early 60’s. But in that short time span, she was able to finish 400 art pieces. The woman wanted ideas for NO334 Anne Ryan Collage. When I looked at it I suddenly saw a crazy quilt. What fun it would be to do the patches and then add the stitches holding the patches together. Couching the thread onto the canvas so it gave the stitched work some depth. Trying all of those new stitches I have been meaning to add to a canvas piece.
When you start looking for that next canvas, close your eyes and try to see it done. Do you like it? Is it the right size? Are the colors what I want? How excited are you to start it? Can I do fun stitches? Ask yourself these questions when you are purchasing just the right canvas. You may be surprised by some of your answers.
What's in a Face?
Friday, April 22, 2011
José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior is widely regarded as the most important Brazilian realist painter of the 19th century.
If you have ever wished to create a realistic face, we invite you to join our What's in a Face Stitch Class.
This detail from Almeida's Girl with a Book will be the canvas of our first class.
We are going to work with silk threads.
The classes are online so everyone who wishes to can participate!
Call (978) 226-8271 or email us to sign up! The class is free.
Visitng with Edward Hicks
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
American born Folk artist Edward Hicks had various similarities in his
large body of paintings. There is uniformity of color, highlighting some
objects of each painting in larger scale, and humans and animals
interacting together to name a few. He is entirely self taught as he believed that organized education was a tool of the devil. Ironically,
he himself has taught succeeding generations, for his sincerity shines
through his paintings, giving them an excitement heightened by lively
detail that is both naive and, to the more sophisticated
twentieth-century viewer, humorous and interesting. His animals have
human expressions; his children and human figures, although stiff and
doll-like, are distinctively drawn and accurately costumed.
Noah's Ark is a gorgeous canvas
stitched in wool or silk, but one that requires a bit of patience as
there are many small color changes and details. Though a challenge it
will reward you for years to come.
Grandfather Mountain
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Grandfather Mountain is one of the many lovely paintings by North Carolina based artist Jodie Wrenn Rippy who has been painting her surrounds and scenes from her travels throughout her life.
We welcome Jodie to our family of artists.
Meet Jodie, discover some fabulous art and learn some needlepoint techniques on our Art and Needlepoint Retreat in Raleigh North Carolina.
When: October 14 - October 16, 2011
Where: Renaissance Hotel and the North Carolina Museum of Art
Join us on our private tours of the various collections in this gem of a museum. In addition to two nights reservation and two specially designed tours, we'll have hours of stitching sharing time and three hours of instruction.
Early birds: Make your reservation with a deposit or in full by May 1, 2011 and save $$.
How do you sign up?: call 978.226.8271
Breathe
Monday, April 04, 2011
We all know the many benefits of needlepoint. There's the slowing down and letting the day's worries disappear while you pay attention to your needle, thread and canvas. Barbara Bergsten's Breathe canvas shows how decorative stitches can enliven even a simple design! While there read Why Decorative Needlepoint Stitches.
- we wholeheartedly agree!
What's in a Design?
Sunday, April 03, 2011
There are many types of needlepoint canvases on the market. Aside from type of canvas used (interlock, mono, mono deluxe and plastic) there are a variety of ways a design can be put onto a canvas. Most of us are familiar with hand painted canvases. These are wonderful to stitch but they are not always stitch painted. Many of us are familiar with the least expensive kits one can buy with silk screen or stamped images on the canvas; often these are interlock or plastic canvas kits. Then of course, there are the counted needlepoint canvases where you have to count cells to create the picture with thread as there is no picture on the canvas.
Many of our canvases are handpainted and many are giclee - a highly sophisticated process of reproducing art work.
Museums duplicate art work using the giclee method (when not a notecard or poster). Individual artists replicate their own artwork as prints as giclee (when not a notecard or poster).
Giclee simply means high quality fine art digital prints. Giclee are today what lithographs were - a high quality fine art print. Sometimes the giclee of a particular art work is on artists canvas. Sometimes the giclee is on a high quality fine art paper.
Needlepoint canvases that are produced in this manner are true to the original in all respects of color, shading, and composition. Some designs are more complex than others. Some have much more shading, while other designs are rather straightforward and easier to stitch.
Whatever the canvas you are working on, one aspect of the Art of Needlepoint involves choosing a design that you like that is either within your skill level or that is slightly more advanced than what you are accustomed to so you can become more proficient in your technique. Another aspect is choosing a type of fiber that is better suited to a particular design. There are many many choices of fiber available to us today for needlepoint; if you ever have a question about a design or what type of fiber or mix of threads to use with that design simply contact us. We are here to answer any and all questions.
Spectacular Vistas!
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
If you can swoon for a needlepoint chair,
then we swoon for these gorgeous dining chairs,
each one a view of or from a different house in Greece.
Needlepoint as a decorating fashion statement.
If the stitcher of these chairs is as good a cook as a needlepointer,
imagine the meals while seated on these glorious seats.
Don't you love these!
Let the Needle and Thread Speak to You
Monday, March 28, 2011
Creating something from a minimal number of materials is only part of the fun of needlepoint.
Here are a few more examples of finished projects:
Owls by Paul Brent stitched by Dorene R.
The Invitation by Leslie Trewyn stitched by Leslie's friends who personalized the canvas and used a variety of types of threads from her stash.
One of the sheep from Sheep by Lorna Bateman stithced with River Silks and Anchor Pearle Cotton
Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Sunday Afternoon on La Grande Jatte is the first of a new technique: pointillism. Instead of mixing pigments on the palette, Seurat applies the color to his canvas as dots.
Only when they are processed on the viewer's retina do they combine into the desired hue. The composition comes into focus when viewed from several feet away.
"Seurat portrays the island in the suburbs as a modern Arcadia. There are neither bottles nor picnic hampers to be seen on the well tended grass. Invisible too, are the restaurants, cafes, boatyards and private residences which in the 1880's already occupied two thirds of the island." (Hagen)
Afternoon La Grande Jatte is an exceptional canvas - one of our most popular but his painting wasn't always viewed favorably. "The philosopher Ernst Block described it as a mosaic of boredom". An art critic of the time viewed as a cheerful work, but the public did not share the critic's enthusiasm. The painting remained in the artist's possession until his early death in 1891.
The work was eventually donated to the Art Institute of Chicago.
Let the Needle and Thread Speak to You
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
It is the greatest honor and fun to see the completed canvases of our customers, whether they are Art Needlepoint canvases or projects obtained elsewhere.
Seeing the creativity and love come forward in every canvas is fantastic!
Below is one of our canvases that a proud grandparent used to create a very special personalized birth announcement :
Shortly after Mr. Bock selected Noah's Ark to be stitched with silk threads for a grand child, we received an envelope overflowing with pictures of many of the needlepoint he has done over the years.
,
This is his first piece - stitched whilst he was recuperating in bed over the course of months years ago.
A South West Native American Indian Pattern he is especially fond of -- and so are we!
A Thomas Kincaide piece
and a Kachina Doll
Seeing the creativity and love come forward in every canvas is fantastic!
Below is one of our canvases that a proud grandparent used to create a very special personalized birth announcement :
Shortly after Mr. Bock selected Noah's Ark to be stitched with silk threads for a grand child, we received an envelope overflowing with pictures of many of the needlepoint he has done over the years.
,This is his first piece - stitched whilst he was recuperating in bed over the course of months years ago.
A South West Native American Indian Pattern he is especially fond of -- and so are we!A Thomas Kincaide piece and a Kachina Doll
Choosing Your Next Canvas
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Recently I had a conversation with a woman who wanted ideas on how to finish a canvas. The canvas was done by Anne Ryan. Anne Ryan was a collage artist who started doing collage in her late 50’s. She died in her early 60’s. But in that short time span, she was able to finish 400 art pieces. The woman wanted ideas for NO334 Anne Ryan Collage. When I looked at it I suddenly saw a crazy quilt. What fun it would be to do the patches and then add the stitches holding the patches together. Couching the thread onto the canvas so it gave the stitched work some depth. Trying all of those new stitches I have been meaning to add to a canvas piece.
When you start looking for that next canvas, close your eyes and try to see it done. Do you like it? Is it the right size? Are the colors what I want? How excited are you to start it? Can I do fun stitches? Ask yourself these questions when you are purchasing just the right canvas. You may be surprised by some of your answers.
What's in a Face?
Friday, April 22, 2011
José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior is widely regarded as the most important Brazilian realist painter of the 19th century.
If you have ever wished to create a realistic face, we invite you to join our What's in a Face Stitch Class.
This detail from Almeida's Girl with a Book will be the canvas of our first class.
We are going to work with silk threads.
The classes are online so everyone who wishes to can participate!
Call (978) 226-8271 or email us to sign up! The class is free.
If you have ever wished to create a realistic face, we invite you to join our What's in a Face Stitch Class.
This detail from Almeida's Girl with a Book will be the canvas of our first class.
We are going to work with silk threads.
The classes are online so everyone who wishes to can participate!
Call (978) 226-8271 or email us to sign up! The class is free.
Visitng with Edward Hicks
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
American born Folk artist Edward Hicks had various similarities in his
large body of paintings. There is uniformity of color, highlighting some
objects of each painting in larger scale, and humans and animals
interacting together to name a few. He is entirely self taught as he believed that organized education was a tool of the devil. Ironically,
he himself has taught succeeding generations, for his sincerity shines
through his paintings, giving them an excitement heightened by lively
detail that is both naive and, to the more sophisticated
twentieth-century viewer, humorous and interesting. His animals have
human expressions; his children and human figures, although stiff and
doll-like, are distinctively drawn and accurately costumed.
Noah's Ark is a gorgeous canvas stitched in wool or silk, but one that requires a bit of patience as there are many small color changes and details. Though a challenge it will reward you for years to come.
Noah's Ark is a gorgeous canvas stitched in wool or silk, but one that requires a bit of patience as there are many small color changes and details. Though a challenge it will reward you for years to come.
Grandfather Mountain
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Grandfather Mountain is one of the many lovely paintings by North Carolina based artist Jodie Wrenn Rippy who has been painting her surrounds and scenes from her travels throughout her life.We welcome Jodie to our family of artists.
Meet Jodie, discover some fabulous art and learn some needlepoint techniques on our Art and Needlepoint Retreat in Raleigh North Carolina.
When: October 14 - October 16, 2011
Where: Renaissance Hotel and the North Carolina Museum of Art
Join us on our private tours of the various collections in this gem of a museum. In addition to two nights reservation and two specially designed tours, we'll have hours of stitching sharing time and three hours of instruction.
Early birds: Make your reservation with a deposit or in full by May 1, 2011 and save $$.
How do you sign up?: call 978.226.8271
Breathe
Monday, April 04, 2011
We all know the many benefits of needlepoint. There's the slowing down and letting the day's worries disappear while you pay attention to your needle, thread and canvas. Barbara Bergsten's Breathe canvas shows how decorative stitches can enliven even a simple design! While there read Why Decorative Needlepoint Stitches.
- we wholeheartedly agree!
- we wholeheartedly agree!
What's in a Design?
Sunday, April 03, 2011
There are many types of needlepoint canvases on the market. Aside from type of canvas used (interlock, mono, mono deluxe and plastic) there are a variety of ways a design can be put onto a canvas. Most of us are familiar with hand painted canvases. These are wonderful to stitch but they are not always stitch painted. Many of us are familiar with the least expensive kits one can buy with silk screen or stamped images on the canvas; often these are interlock or plastic canvas kits. Then of course, there are the counted needlepoint canvases where you have to count cells to create the picture with thread as there is no picture on the canvas.
Many of our canvases are handpainted and many are giclee - a highly sophisticated process of reproducing art work.
Museums duplicate art work using the giclee method (when not a notecard or poster). Individual artists replicate their own artwork as prints as giclee (when not a notecard or poster).
Giclee simply means high quality fine art digital prints. Giclee are today what lithographs were - a high quality fine art print. Sometimes the giclee of a particular art work is on artists canvas. Sometimes the giclee is on a high quality fine art paper.
Needlepoint canvases that are produced in this manner are true to the original in all respects of color, shading, and composition. Some designs are more complex than others. Some have much more shading, while other designs are rather straightforward and easier to stitch.
Whatever the canvas you are working on, one aspect of the Art of Needlepoint involves choosing a design that you like that is either within your skill level or that is slightly more advanced than what you are accustomed to so you can become more proficient in your technique. Another aspect is choosing a type of fiber that is better suited to a particular design. There are many many choices of fiber available to us today for needlepoint; if you ever have a question about a design or what type of fiber or mix of threads to use with that design simply contact us. We are here to answer any and all questions.
Many of our canvases are handpainted and many are giclee - a highly sophisticated process of reproducing art work.
Museums duplicate art work using the giclee method (when not a notecard or poster). Individual artists replicate their own artwork as prints as giclee (when not a notecard or poster).
Giclee simply means high quality fine art digital prints. Giclee are today what lithographs were - a high quality fine art print. Sometimes the giclee of a particular art work is on artists canvas. Sometimes the giclee is on a high quality fine art paper.
Needlepoint canvases that are produced in this manner are true to the original in all respects of color, shading, and composition. Some designs are more complex than others. Some have much more shading, while other designs are rather straightforward and easier to stitch.
Whatever the canvas you are working on, one aspect of the Art of Needlepoint involves choosing a design that you like that is either within your skill level or that is slightly more advanced than what you are accustomed to so you can become more proficient in your technique. Another aspect is choosing a type of fiber that is better suited to a particular design. There are many many choices of fiber available to us today for needlepoint; if you ever have a question about a design or what type of fiber or mix of threads to use with that design simply contact us. We are here to answer any and all questions.
Spectacular Vistas!
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
If you can swoon for a needlepoint chair,
then we swoon for these gorgeous dining chairs,
each one a view of or from a different house in Greece.
Needlepoint as a decorating fashion statement.
If the stitcher of these chairs is as good a cook as a needlepointer,
imagine the meals while seated on these glorious seats.
Don't you love these!
then we swoon for these gorgeous dining chairs,
each one a view of or from a different house in Greece.
Needlepoint as a decorating fashion statement.
If the stitcher of these chairs is as good a cook as a needlepointer,
imagine the meals while seated on these glorious seats.
Don't you love these!
Let the Needle and Thread Speak to You
Monday, March 28, 2011
Creating something from a minimal number of materials is only part of the fun of needlepoint.
Here are a few more examples of finished projects:
Owls by Paul Brent stitched by Dorene R.
The Invitation by Leslie Trewyn stitched by Leslie's friends who personalized the canvas and used a variety of types of threads from her stash.
One of the sheep from Sheep by Lorna Bateman stithced with River Silks and Anchor Pearle Cotton
Here are a few more examples of finished projects:
Owls by Paul Brent stitched by Dorene R.
The Invitation by Leslie Trewyn stitched by Leslie's friends who personalized the canvas and used a variety of types of threads from her stash.
One of the sheep from Sheep by Lorna Bateman stithced with River Silks and Anchor Pearle Cotton
Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Sunday Afternoon on La Grande Jatte is the first of a new technique: pointillism. Instead of mixing pigments on the palette, Seurat applies the color to his canvas as dots.
Only when they are processed on the viewer's retina do they combine into the desired hue. The composition comes into focus when viewed from several feet away.
"Seurat portrays the island in the suburbs as a modern Arcadia. There are neither bottles nor picnic hampers to be seen on the well tended grass. Invisible too, are the restaurants, cafes, boatyards and private residences which in the 1880's already occupied two thirds of the island." (Hagen)
Afternoon La Grande Jatte is an exceptional canvas - one of our most popular but his painting wasn't always viewed favorably. "The philosopher Ernst Block described it as a mosaic of boredom". An art critic of the time viewed as a cheerful work, but the public did not share the critic's enthusiasm. The painting remained in the artist's possession until his early death in 1891.
The work was eventually donated to the Art Institute of Chicago.
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