Mini Bead Embroidery Kit on Art Canvas "Jazzy"

“Jazzy” shows a street musician with a horn under a lamp, surrounded by signs and a stave that winds across the whole picture.

What the picture shows

The hatted figure in the centre is beaded in shifting green, blue and violet; beside it stands a black wrought-iron lamp with a yellow light. A LIVE JAZZ sign hangs at the top, BLUE and a vertical HOUSE of BLUES plate with a red heart on the right, and a Bourbon street sign on the lamp at the left. Staves with black notes and a treble clef run through the background. That background — patches of turquoise, pink, yellow and white — stays printed on the canvas; beads cover the figure, the lamp, the signs and the notes. The lamp is worked in black beads with a matt sheen, so it reads as a silhouette even against the busy background. The notes are laid as single beads along the staves, and they are what hold the rhythm of the composition.

What is in the kit

• Art canvas with a full-colour pattern printed on it — no chart on a screen to follow
• Czech Preciosa beads, 12 colours
• Beading needles
• Thread for bead embroidery
• Instructions and a finishing guide

Specifications

• Finished size: 150×150 mm (5.9×5.9 in)
• Base: art canvas
• Beads: approx. 1,555 in 12 colours
• Difficulty: simple
• Technique: bead embroidery

Twelve colours give enough transitions to keep the figure from merging into the background. A subject for anyone drawn to music and city scenes. The work is square, 150×150 mm; the frame is chosen separately.