Welcome
to the beautiful needle painted world of young artist Chloe
Giordano. This book shows how she makes her stitched studies
of woodland animals, taking an in-depth look at her working
process and the inspiration behind each piece.
I
enjoy doing needle painting myself and am always intrigued
to see how other people work when doing something I enjoy.
This is not a book of projects, although if you want to try
this style of embroidery, it will certainly inspire you to
have a go. If you are a beginner Search Press, publish books
on how it is done, but this book shows what it can look like
when done by somebody with real talent. Discover what tools
and materials Ms Giordano uses, what inspires her, and how
she gets the raw ideas down on paper first. There are chapters
on how she makes multiple sketches to get the composition
just right, and her use of color both for the animals and
the hand dyed backgrounds to the work. This book is mostly
going to be of interest to those who already embroider, so
the practical parts on hoop preparation and transferring the
design will be of interest, as will the staged photographs
showing how she builds up a piece. I tend to use floss when
doing this type of thing, but this artist uses ordinary sewing
thread, which makes for a far more detailed image. Watching
it build up from sketch to lifelike creature is fascinating,
and each chapter after the basics is devoted to a particular
piece of work. Most of the subjects are British animals such
as deer, rabbits, hares, mice, and badgers. There is a wolf
cub and Arctic fox too, plus a kingfisher, and they all come
to vibrant life, usually taking about forty hours to complete
each one. This is an illuminating guide to how to get the
best results from thread painting, showing one possible way
of working but also giving plenty of useful tips to anybody
keen on learning more.
If
you cannot find a good range of embroidery materials locally,
try www.searchpress.com for a list of suppliers.
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