“Blooming earth” is the outline of Ukraine laid out in flowers: the northern part blue, the southern part gold. The mood is light and warm rather than solemn — this map grows like a flower bed.
What the picture shows
The silhouette of the country is filled with an unbroken carpet of blooms. The upper half rests on a blue watercolour patch: cornflowers, blue roses, chicory, bellflowers and iris worked in shades from inky ultramarine to pale sky. The lower half is yellow: sunflowers with black hearts, marigolds, lilies and small star-shaped blooms in honey, ochre and orange. Blue butterflies, a dragonfly, an ochre butterfly and several bees move between the flowers — small details that bring the solid mass of blooms to life. The background is white, carrying a fine outline drawing of leaves and peonies — a blue line above, a gold one below. That line pattern stays as print on the canvas; beadwork covers only the flowers inside the outline and the insects, so the map steps forward as one dense, raised shape.
What is in the kit
- Artist canvas with the full-colour pattern printed on it — no chart to follow on a screen
- Czech Preciosa beads, 22 colours
- Preciosa No. 13 microbeads, 6 colours
- Beading needles and a needle for microbeads
- Thread for bead embroidery
- Instructions and finishing guide
Specifications
- Finished size: 410×270 mm (16.14×10.63 in)
- Beads: approx. 5,603
- Bead colours: 22
- Difficulty: medium
- Base: artist canvas
The piece is horizontal and, thanks to the pale ground, settles easily into a living room, a study or a child's room. Gallery finishing of the embroidered work is possible — no frame or mount needed.