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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.
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.
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