Kit de broche à broder de perles « Méduse »

Jelly-fish is the longest piece in the series: a dome of lilac and blue sequins with long tentacles of pearls.

What the picture shows

The dome is seen from above and is almost symmetrical: pale blue sequins lie in rows like tiles, and a large lilac faceted stone with several smaller ones is sewn along the upper edge. The contour is edged with deep violet beads that catch the light. Tentacles hang loose below — strands of white and grey pearls, copper and navy beads of different lengths, moving as you walk. Twenty colours. The printed canvas shows between the rows and keeps the image from falling apart. The tentacles vary in length and colour, and the longest hang almost twice as far as the dome, so the piece stretches vertically. Several tentacles are curled while others hang straight, which makes the dome seem to drift rather than stand still.

What is in the kit

• Art canvas with a full-colour scheme printed on it — no need to follow a scheme on screen
• Czech Preciosa beads, 20 colours
• Needles for bead embroidery
• Thread for bead embroidery
• Instructions and a finishing scheme

Specifications

• Size of the work: 58×110 mm (2.28×4.33 in)
• Number of beads: approx. 501
• Bead colours: 20
• Difficulty: average
• Base: art canvas

The overall size is 58×110 mm, so the piece reads as a large evening brooch. It is finished following the instructions; the fur and mirror in the photograph are not part of the kit. The difficulty is average: the dome is embroidered first and the strands are assembled at the end following the scheme.