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

“St. Vadim” shows the hieromartyr in a green skufia, his hand raised in blessing. The mood is focused and warm.

What the picture shows

The saint is shown to the waist, frontally. He wears a green skufia with a fine pattern, and a long white beard falls onto his chest. Over a pale blue garment scattered with small red crosses lies an ochre-brown mantle. His right hand is raised in blessing, the left holds a small gold cross. The halo is a gold circle with a red rim. The fill is partial: beads cover the figure, the skufia, the vestments, the halo, the chequered border and the corner fans, while the cream ground with its printed scrollwork stays on the canvas. A red cartouche and a band of ornament sit below, and a border of brown and amber squares frames the field along the edge.

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

• Size of the finished work: 170×230 mm (6.7×9.06 in)
• Beads needed: approx. 4,557
• Bead colours: 16
• Base: natural artist canvas

A vertical piece, together with “St. Lubov” the lightest in bead count here. It suits a name-day icon or a first attempt at icon subjects. Sixteen colours are spent mostly on the beard and on the folds of the ochre mantle.