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

“St. Peter” is an apostle with a gold key in his hand. Red and green over a broad spread of golden rays.

What the picture shows

The apostle is shown to the waist: curly dark blond hair and a short beard. A dark red cloak shot with russet lies over a green-and-gold tunic worked in fine beads in several rows. His right hand is raised in blessing, his left holds a gold key, Peter's chief attribute. The halo is worked in two rings of amber beads, and the ground is dense golden radiance picked up here and there by single beads. A pale name plaque closes the composition at the bottom between two ornamental squares, and a narrow gold border runs round the edge. The clothing, the halo and the border are beaded; the face, the hands and the golden rays stay printed 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, 12 colours
• Beading needles
• Instructions and finishing guide

Specifications

• Finished size: 100×150 mm (4.0×6.0 in)
• Beads: approx. 1,994
• Bead colours: 12
• Difficulty: simple
• Base: art canvas

At 100×150 mm the piece is about the size of a palm, which is why the kit is often a first bead icon. The carved frame in the photo is not part of the kit — the finished embroidery is framed separately, in a narrow moulding or an icon case. The canvas is cut with a margin on all sides so the finished piece is easy to stretch.