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This inspiring, practical guide to goldwork and silk shading is packed with both traditional and innovative techniques, six samplers and 24 stunning projects.
Learn how to create exquisite works using either goldwork or silk shading, and then learn how to combine the two disciplines for visually stunning results. Learn to select the threads, materials and equipment required; plan out the order of your work; transfer your design to fabric; frame up your fabric; and discover inspiring stitch techniques to achieve the results you want.
Using nature as inspiration, develop a glittering range of exquisitely worked flowers, fungi, trees, bats and dragonflies, with each piece accompanied by detailed instructions and essential top tips. The book features original designs throughout, and you will be encouraged to extend your skills to create your own beautiful embroideries, helped by exercises, projects, diagrams, full-size templates and stunning photographs.
This book is an invaluable practical starting point for anyone wishing to learn about the art of goldwork and silk shading, and an excellent reference for all those already familiar with these popular techniques.
Foreword 6 Introduction 7 Equipment 8 Needles 10 Fabrics 12 Frames 13 Transferring a design 18 Padding 20 Mounting your work 23
Goldwork 24 Rules for goldwork 25 Order of work 26 Metal threads 27 Basic goldwork techniques 31 Purl chippings 31 Shading with chippings 32 Fuzzy effect 32 Graded cutwork 33 Stem stitch formation 34 Purl loops 35 Couched threads 36 Twists 39 Handmade twists 40 MIlliary 41 Plunging threads 43 Pearl purl 44 Elizabethan twist 46 Kid 47 Broad, 11’s and whipped plate 48 PROJECT: Wild rose 50 PROJECT: Goldwork violet 52 Three-dimensional goldwork 55 PROJECT: Christmas rose 54
Silk shading 56 Rules for silk shading 57 Order of work 58 Silk shading threads 59 Silk shading techniques 60 Split stitch 60 Silk shading 61 PROJECT: Silk-shaded wild rose 66 PROJECT: Silk-shaded violet 68 Adding a three-dimensional element 70 PROJECT: Three-dimensional Christmas rose 70
Goldwork and silk shading combined 72 A few basic rules 72 Order of work 72 Complimentary stitches 74 PROJECT: Combined wild rose 78 PROJECT: Combined violet 80 Adding a three-dimensional element 82 PROJECT: Three-dimensional Christmas rose 82
FLOWERS 84 SAMPLER: Flowers 84 Taking a simple flower further in metal threads 94 Taking a simple flower further in stranded cotton 95 PROJECT: Gold and silkwork iris 96
TREES 99 SAMPLER: Trees 100 Small trees 104 PROJECT: Bonsai tree 106
Leaves, seeds and berries 108 SAMPLER: Leaves 108 PROJECT: One leaf, many ways 114 SAMPLER: Berry and seed 116 PROJECT: Acorns 124
Fronds and fungi 126 SAMPLER: Fronds 126 SAMPLER: Fungi 132
Butterflies, bats and beasts 138 PROJECT: Three Butterflies 138 PROJECT: 3D Goldwork and silkwork butterfly 142 PROJECT: Three Bats 144 PROJECT: Bat 146 PROJECT: Bats 148 PROJECT: Three Dragonflies 150 PROJECT: Large Dragonfly 154
Seasonal projects 156 PROJECT: Clematis Early Semi-Double Dr Ruppel 156 PROJECT: Sumer Wildlife Garden 160 PROJECT: Autumn 164 PROJECT: Robin 168 Templates 172 Glossary 192
Hazel Everett first became interested in embroidery whilst still at school, and her teacher suggested she might pursue a career in embroidery. Hazel went on to be an Apprentice at the Royal School of Needlework (RSN), and although she enjoyed learning about many different types of embroidery, she became most fascinated by goldwork. As an Apprentice she had the honour of embroidering a commission for the RSN workroom a new pulpit fall in real, 18-carat Japanese gold thread. As her career developed, fate played a part and she was offered a number of commissions involving goldwork, including a mitre for Cardinal Hume. Hazel went on to teach goldwork embroidery all over the UK and worked on numerous commissions, including ecclesiastical work, embroidering items for leading fashion designers and assisting with the reconstruction of the Coronation Robe of King George VI that was exhibited at Kensington Palace, London. In 2011, Hazel wrote her first book, Goldwork: Techniques, Projects and Pure Inspiration, published by Search Press, which became one of the foremost guides to goldwork published in the English language. Sadly, Hazel died in late 2018.
By Hazel Everett
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