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

“St. Tikhon” — a waist-length image of the hierarch in a white klobuk, his right hand raised in blessing and a bishop's staff in his left.

What the picture shows

The saint stands almost face-on, his gaze directed straight at the viewer. A white klobuk with a small cross covers his head; a white-and-blue omophorion with small crosses falls over his shoulders, and dark olive-green vestments show beneath it. A panagia with a painted image in a gold surround hangs on his chest, with a second small cross beside it. The halo is worked in warm gold, amber and white and reads as a ring of light around the head. The background is a pale olive with printed leaf scrollwork; two fan-shaped motifs sit in the upper corners, narrow amber-brown bands run down the sides, and a cartouche in a gold surround closes the panel below. The beading is partial: beads cover the figure, the vestments, the halo and the whole frame, while the face, hands and patterned background stay as printed 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. 4,901
• Bead colours: 16
• Base: natural artist canvas

The piece is vertical, the size of a small household icon. It suits a name-day icon for a Tikhon and anyone who wants calm work in a restrained, almost monochrome range. Choose beads of even calibre — on the white klobuk and omophorion any unevenness shows at once.