Kit de broderie de perles petit format – icône « Saint Basile »

“St. Basil” is a bishop in dark patterned vestments with a blue Gospel book. The darkest vestment among the bishops in this batch.

What the picture shows

The saint is shown to the waist, with a long dark beard and a severe gaze. The phelonion is worked in black and gold beads in a fine chequered pattern, and a pale omophorion with dark crosses trimmed in blue beads lies over it. His right hand is raised in blessing, his left holds a blue Gospel book with a red edge. The halo is a ring of amber beads and the ground is golden rays. A gold border with square rosettes at the corners runs along the edge of the canvas, and a plaque with the saint's name lies at the bottom. The vestments, the ring of the halo and the border are beaded; the face, the hands and the gold ground are left to the print.

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, 11 colours
• Beading needles
• Instructions and finishing guide

Specifications

• Finished size: 100×150 mm (4.0×6.0 in)
• Beads: approx. 1,894
• Bead colours: 11
• Difficulty: simple
• Base: art canvas

This is a name-day icon: it is given for a name day or a christening and set on a shelf or a home icon corner. The framing in the photograph — moulding and glass — is chosen separately and is not included. The beads are stitched in rows, with colours picked straight off the printed image.