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About the product The history of the origin of blackwork, or black embroidery, is long, confusing and surrounded by many legends and myths. Perhaps this is what attracts modern embroiderers to him, trying to unravel the secret meanings in the embroidered pictures, «drawn» with a thread of the same color. This coloristic minimalism hides truly endless possibilities. That is why this beautiful art has survived through the centuries, either rising to the top of luxury and fashion, then mysteriously hiding in rare collections of famous embroiderers. And not only survived! Now, when blackwork is back on the wave, it is actively developing, new techniques, techniques, motives appear that make it possible to make the work even richer and more realistic. The magnificent master, teacher of the Royal English School of Embroidery, Jen Goodwin with all her heart is devoted to this beautiful embroidery! And generously reveals to the reader all its secrets and hidden possibilities. From basic stitches and patterns to complex shaded motifs and shaded details, you’ll find everything about blackwork techniques in this complete and practical book. Detailed explanations and exercises, beautiful projects to consolidate practical skills. And most importantly — 250 shaded patterns with diagrams showing how different designs look when working with thread of different thicknesses. All patterns are grouped into families for easy identification and matching. A complete set of information to master amazing needle and thread graphics. A lot of inspiration for the modern embroiderer! Abstract This book is one of the best modern teaching aids on blackwork embroidery — a timeless classic technique of the 16th century, in which a beautiful pattern is reproduced by geometric stitches of threads of the same color on a plain fabric. Having told about the intriguing history of blackwork with lively text and a beautiful selection of illustrations, the author presents all the subtleties of modern ways of using this craft. The author of the book, Jen Goodwin, is one of the best masters and teachers of the English Royal School of Embroidery (RSN), in stages, talks about modern techniques for transferring a pattern to fabric, advises which threads, needles and fabrics to choose to achieve the most effective result. And the main wealth of the book is a huge library of stitches and motifs, more than 240 ways to create a drawing and fill it with line filling with the finest shadows and shades. You will learn not only to reproduce the works of authorship that are given in the book as an example and to consolidate practical skills, but also to confidently design and embroider your own works of art using the blackwork technique. …
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