Bead Embroidery Kit on Art Canvas "Raspberry"

“Raspberry” is a summer still life: a white porcelain basket with a curved handle full of ripe raspberries, a few berries lying beside it on the table, and green leaves bending over the top.

What the picture shows

The background is dark, a deep green-blue, and the berries glow against it. The raspberries are worked in red and deep pink beads — each berry is built from several beads, so the surface comes out grainy, close to the real thing. The leaves take several greens, the porcelain white and pale blue with a small floral motif painted on the side of the basket. The border deserves a mention of its own: the wide red band of geometric ornament in the folk-embroidery manner is beaded as well and frames the whole subject, which is why a piece this size still takes 7,673 beads. There are only twelve colours, so the chart stays easy to read. The berries spill over the rim of the basket, and a few of them lie loose on the table.

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

Specifications

• Finished size: 240×290 mm (9.4×11.4 in)
• Beads: approx. 7,673
• Bead colours: 12
• Difficulty: average
• Base: artist canvas

The piece is vertical and belongs in a kitchen, a dining room or a country house. The canvas can be stretched over a bar and hung without a frame — the ornamental band already works as one.