Bead Embroidery Kit on Art Canvas "Chantal"

“Chantal” is a narrow vertical panel in art nouveau style: a fair-haired girl in profile holds a branch of small flowers, and behind her a mosaic circle glows in blue and lilac.

What the picture shows

The elongated format turns the composition into a decorative panel: an ornamental frieze with blue inlays at the top, an arch with the mosaic circle in the middle, and a quiet ochre band at the bottom. Beads cover the mosaic of the circle with its small floral rosettes, the frieze above, the ornament on the ochre ground, the flowers and pins in her hair, the earring, and also the narrow embroidery along the edge of the dress and the leafy sprig in her hand. The face, the hands and the long white dress with its folds stay as print on the canvas, so the beading frames the figure without overloading it. The colouring is restrained: warm ochre, blue, and lilac-to-gold transitions.

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, 9 colours
• Beading needles
• Thread for bead embroidery
• Instructions and finishing guide

Specifications

• Finished size: 200×450 mm (7.8×17.7 in)
• Beads: approx. 4,959
• Bead colours: 9
• Difficulty: medium
• Base: artist canvas

The piece is vertical and narrow, so it holds a wall pier, a narrow corridor wall or the space beside a mirror. Gallery finishing is possible: the canvas stretches over a bar and hangs as it is.