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

“St. Tarasius (Taras)” — a waist-length image of the hierarch in a salmon-pink phelonion, holding a Gospel book.

What the picture shows

The saint is shown as an elderly man with a long grey beard, turned slightly to the right. He wears a pale salmon-pink phelonion with a large pattern, and over it a green-and-turquoise omophorion with dark crosses. Both hands hold a Gospel book in a green binding with a gold cross and stones at the corners; a round ornament shows at his chest. The halo is wide, moving from rich gold at the centre to a pale rim. The background is a light olive with printed leaf scrollwork; two fan-shaped gold corner motifs sit above, narrow brown-and-amber bands run down the sides, and a cartouche with the name closes the panel below. The beading is partial: beads cover the figure, the vestments, the Gospel, the halo and the frame, while the face, beard, hands and printed background stay on the canvas.

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. 4,906
• Bead colours: 15
• Base: natural artist canvas

The piece is vertical, the size of a small household icon. It suits a name-day icon for a Taras. Pink with turquoise is an unusual pairing for an icon, and it is right where they meet that the shades need watching.