Mini kit icona ricamata con perline su tela d'artista «San Giovanni»

“St. John” is a bishop in white vestments marked with dark crosses. A severe image built on white, blue and gold.

What the picture shows

The saint is shown to the waist, with a high forehead and a short grey beard. A wide white omophorion worked in pale beads and marked with dark crosses lies across his shoulders. A blue-and-gold part of the vestment shows on the left. His right hand is raised in blessing, his left steadies a book at his chest. The halo is a ring of amber beads and the ground is golden rays running from his head to the edges. A pale name plaque closes the composition at the bottom between two ornamental squares, and a narrow gold border runs round the edge. The vestments, the halo and the border are beaded; the face, the hands and the golden rays stay printed on the canvas.

What is in the kit

• Artist canvas with the full-colour pattern printed on it — no chart to follow on a screen
• Czech Preciosa beads, 11 colours
• Beading needles
• Instructions and finishing guide

Specifications

• Finished size: 100×150 mm (4.0×6.0 in)
• Beads: approx. 2,051
• Bead colours: 11
• Difficulty: simple
• Base: art canvas

The kit is built on a simple technique: beads are stitched in rows over the printed pattern, with no counting on a grid. Framing — a moulding or an icon case — is bought separately. Nothing needs to be bought for the embroidery itself — all the materials are in the kit.