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

“St. Vitaly” is a waist-length image of the venerable saint in monastic dress, his right hand raised in blessing. The mood is quiet and collected.

What the picture shows

The saint stands almost frontally in a coffee-brown cassock, with a dark green patterned cape over his shoulders. He has a long grey beard and a calm, attentive gaze. The halo is built from several concentric rings, green at the centre and warm gold at the rim. The right hand is folded in blessing, the left rests quietly near the chest. The fill is partial: beads cover the figure, the halo, the wide chequered border and the two fan-shaped medallions in the upper corners. The cream ground with its fine printed scrollwork stays exactly as printed on the canvas, which noticeably lightens the work. A narrow border of brown and amber squares runs around the field, two fan medallions with rosettes sit in the upper corners, and a red name plate closes the image below.

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. 4,991
• Bead colours: 10
• Base: natural artist canvas

The piece is vertical and sized to sit well in a small icon case or on a shelf at home. It suits anyone embroidering a name-day icon as a gift or for themselves. Ten bead colours is not many, so the key stays simple and will not confuse a beginner.