Toile imprimée pour broderie de perles (sans perles) – icône « Saint Innocent »

«St.Innokenty» is a waist-length image of the bishop in full hierarchal vestments, quiet and concentrated. The whole icon is kept in a warm golden-ochre range.

What the picture shows

The saint stands almost frontally, in a tall mitre worked in white, red and gold with a small image at the front. The face is serious and calm, the beard long and ash-grey. The halo is laid out in concentric rings of gold, ochre and warm brown. The vestments are rich in shades: blue-and-white patterned fabric on one sleeve, terracotta and lilac folds of the sakkos, a panagia on a chain at the chest, and a pale cross rising beside the shoulder. The saint holds a white cloth. The pale olive background with its printed leaf scroll stays unbeaded: beads cover the figure, the halo, the side ornamental bands, the corner fan rosettes and the name cartouche below. The coverage is partial, and the painted ground works as a quiet field for the shine of the beads. The face and hands stay painted — no beads are laid over them, which is why the image keeps its painterly softness.

What you get

• Natural artist canvas with the full-colour pattern printed on it — no chart to follow on a screen
• Colour key for Czech Preciosa beads
• Beads, needles and thread are chosen separately

Specifications

• Finished size: 170×230 mm (6.7×9.06 in)
• Beads needed: approx. 4,836
• Bead colours: 18
• Base: natural artist canvas

The piece is vertical, in the elongated icon format — for a home icon corner or a shelf of its own. Eighteen colours make it better suited to stitchers who have already handled fine vestment detail.