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Needlepoint Techniques
Saturday, July 30, 2011
In addition to our
series of free online shading classes this summer, we will be offering
many technique classes this fall and winter, and we would love your
input! What would you like to learn how to do or improve on?
Would you like to create Feathery Stitches?
Catch the movement in water (think waves)
or the reflection of light in water?
Do Great scales - (think Dragon or Crocodile)
or furry animal fur?
Do curves or uneven areas
We'll be showcasing these techniques and whatever else you wish to learn or improve on in the coming weeks and months on our blog All Things Needlepoint and on Facebook .
We would love to hear from you!
Give us your thoughts and we can create a tutorial just for you!
Sir Lawrence
Monday, June 27, 2011
Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema was one of the most successful artists of the 19th century.
He was internationally
famous and so immensely popular that scarcely a middle-class Victorian
drawing room was without at least one print of Alma-Tadema's painting.
A master of Victorian painting, this English artist preferred scenes from Greek and Roman life, each with a serene beauty and a nostalgic appearance.
Greek Woman is a classic representation of his talent and style:
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Build A Rug
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Years ago the choice for fabrics one could do needlework on were limited in type and size. Most were narrow strips, which would be sewn together to create needlepoint bed covers and needlepoint rugs.
Our Build a Rug series is based on this principle. However, you now have a choice of widths so you can customize the pattern and size of your finished rug. Our Build A Rug Series is similar to how a quilt is put together - one block at a time; resembling the patchwork rugs that are very popular today which are made from pieces of old rugs sewn together to make a new overall pattern.
Build A Rug can be four 12" square canvases going across and three 12" square canvases for the length, resulting in a 3' x 4' Rug. You can add squares together or mix square s with rectangles.
We have many choices of colors and styles. There are Navajo based rugs, Art Deco based rugs, Chinese, Modern, Arts and Crafts...in lots of colorways and patterns.
We can help you size your overall rug with a variety of coordinating canvases and teach you how to put it together when all the canvases are stitched.
To Be Continued....
Cezanne, Picasso, Toklas and Needlepoint
Thursday, June 23, 2011
"Beside the fireplace, beneath Cézanne’s portrait of his wife and
Picasso’s portrait of Gertrude, are two small wood-and-tapestry chairs,
one facing forward, one turned to the side. On the back of the chair on
the right, under Gertrude, is a suggestion of the corner of a picture
frame. The left chair, below Madame Cézanne, bears the image of a hand.
Whose hand?
Several hands made these chairs. First, whoever made the frames, in
Louis XV style, maybe in the 19th century; then Alice Toklas, who worked
the covers in petit point around 1930; and, in between, Pablo Picasso.
Gertrude Stein, playing Alice, told this story in The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas:
That lovely little painting [a 1918 depiction of a guitar, on view in The Steins Collect]
he copied for me many years later on tapestry canvas and I embroidered
it and that was the beginning of my tapestrying. I did not think it
possible to ask him to draw me something to work but when I told
Gertrude Stein she said, alright, I’ll manage. And so one day when he
was at the house she said, Pablo, Alice wants to make a tapestry of that
little picture and I said I would trace it for her. He looked at her
with kindly contempt, if it is done by anybody, he said, it will be done
by me. Well, said Gertrude Stein, producing a piece of tapestry canvas,
go to it, and he did. And I have been making tapestry of his drawings
ever since and they are very successful and go marvellously with old
chairs. I have done two small Louis fifteenth chairs in this way. He is
kind enough now to make me drawings on my canvas and to color them for
me."
To read the entire article go to: http://blog.sfmoma.org/2011/06/alice-toklas-juliet-clark/#.TgOpykME7d4.gmail
SFMOMA Open Space 6/20/2011
Redoute and Needlepoint
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Pierre - Joseph Redoute (1759-1840) was one of the most famous flower painters of all time. He was the official painter for the Musee National D' Histoire Naturelle and also did work for Marie Antoinette and Empress Josephine.
A glorious full range of flowers to choose from for needlepoint. Each looks breathtaking when stitched with silk threads.
If you cannot find the particular flower you are looking for it is more than likely we can design a canvas for you.
Quote of the Week
Monday, May 23, 2011
Needlework defines our history, establishes our traditions, and will be an important part of our future.
– Shay Pendray
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.
Needlepoint Techniques
In addition to our series of free online shading classes this summer, we will be offering many technique classes this fall and winter, and we would love your input! What would you like to learn how to do or improve on?
Catch the movement in water (think waves)
or the reflection of light in water?
Do Great scales - (think Dragon or Crocodile)
or furry animal fur?
Do curves or uneven areas
We'll be showcasing these techniques and whatever else you wish to learn or improve on in the coming weeks and months on our blog All Things Needlepoint and on Facebook .
We would love to hear from you!
Give us your thoughts and we can create a tutorial just for you!
Sir Lawrence
He was internationally famous and so immensely popular that scarcely a middle-class Victorian drawing room was without at least one print of Alma-Tadema's painting.
A master of Victorian painting, this English artist preferred scenes from Greek and Roman life, each with a serene beauty and a nostalgic appearance.
Greek Woman is a classic representation of his talent and style:
.
Build A Rug
Our Build a Rug series is based on this principle. However, you now have a choice of widths so you can customize the pattern and size of your finished rug. Our Build A Rug Series is similar to how a quilt is put together - one block at a time; resembling the patchwork rugs that are very popular today which are made from pieces of old rugs sewn together to make a new overall pattern.
Build A Rug can be four 12" square canvases going across and three 12" square canvases for the length, resulting in a 3' x 4' Rug. You can add squares together or mix square s with rectangles.
We have many choices of colors and styles. There are Navajo based rugs, Art Deco based rugs, Chinese, Modern, Arts and Crafts...in lots of colorways and patterns.
We can help you size your overall rug with a variety of coordinating canvases and teach you how to put it together when all the canvases are stitched.
To Be Continued....
Cezanne, Picasso, Toklas and Needlepoint
"Beside the fireplace, beneath Cézanne’s portrait of his wife and Picasso’s portrait of Gertrude, are two small wood-and-tapestry chairs, one facing forward, one turned to the side. On the back of the chair on the right, under Gertrude, is a suggestion of the corner of a picture frame. The left chair, below Madame Cézanne, bears the image of a hand. Whose hand? Several hands made these chairs. First, whoever made the frames, in Louis XV style, maybe in the 19th century; then Alice Toklas, who worked the covers in petit point around 1930; and, in between, Pablo Picasso. Gertrude Stein, playing Alice, told this story in The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas:
That lovely little painting [a 1918 depiction of a guitar, on view in The Steins Collect] he copied for me many years later on tapestry canvas and I embroidered it and that was the beginning of my tapestrying. I did not think it possible to ask him to draw me something to work but when I told Gertrude Stein she said, alright, I’ll manage. And so one day when he was at the house she said, Pablo, Alice wants to make a tapestry of that little picture and I said I would trace it for her. He looked at her with kindly contempt, if it is done by anybody, he said, it will be done by me. Well, said Gertrude Stein, producing a piece of tapestry canvas, go to it, and he did. And I have been making tapestry of his drawings ever since and they are very successful and go marvellously with old chairs. I have done two small Louis fifteenth chairs in this way. He is kind enough now to make me drawings on my canvas and to color them for me."
To read the entire article go to: http://blog.sfmoma.org/2011/06/alice-toklas-juliet-clark/#.TgOpykME7d4.gmail
SFMOMA Open Space 6/20/2011
Redoute and Needlepoint
A glorious full range of flowers to choose from for needlepoint. Each looks breathtaking when stitched with silk threads.
If you cannot find the particular flower you are looking for it is more than likely we can design a canvas for you.
Quote of the Week
Needlework defines our history, establishes our traditions, and will be an important part of our future.
– Shay Pendray
Let the Needle and Thread Speak to You
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
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?
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
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.
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