Bead Embroidery Kit on Art Canvas "Retro travel – 2"

“Retro travel – 2” is a scene from the middle of the last century: a woman in a lilac dress and a white hat speaks into a red telephone handset from a deep armchair. It has the mood of a film still, taken a second after some important news.

What the picture shows

The composition works on three accents. On the left, the red armchair and the figure in profile: a fitted lilac dress with a black sash, long gloves, a wide-brimmed hat. In the centre, an old red wall telephone with dials, levers and metal fittings. On the right, a dark window with the grey silhouettes of an evening city, and a magazine lying open on the table below. The palette holds a contrast of saturated red, muted lilac and cool blue-grey. Beadwork covers the dress, the armchair, the telephone, the hat and the magazine, while the face, the hands and the cityscape beyond the window stay as print on the canvas.

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

Specifications

• Finished size: 380×300 mm (14.9×11.8 in)
• Beads: approx. 14,412
• Bead colours: 19
• Difficulty: medium
• Base: artist canvas

The piece is horizontal and settles well in a living room, a study or a retro-styled coffee corner, next to a black-and-white photograph. Gallery finishing is possible — the canvas stretches over a bar and hangs without a frame or mount.