Clicking on an image will enlarge it in a new window
Barbara
Bernard Needlepoint tapestry kits are not mass-produced
and are only available direct from the artist.
Kits include:
The design clearly
hand-painted onto an ample square of white 10 count
interlock canvas
A graph printed in
colour of the design for reference with a colour key
London
Mayfair
Finished size: 38 x 38cm Price £85
"A celebration of
typical London architecture"
2 tapestry needles
Appletons Crewel
wool in sufficient quantities of each colour to work the
design (using three strands and working in cross stitch)*
Simple to follow
instructions.
* I recommend
working my kits in cross-stitch rather than tent stitch or
half-cross-stitch because it produces a crisper image which
suits my usual architectural subject matter. Cross-stitch also
does not distort the canvas as much as conventional tent
stitch.
I use 3 strands of
crewel wool instead of tapestry wool because sometimes it is
possible to introduce a textural, "tweed-like"
effect by threading the needle with two different shades of a
colour.
If you would rather
work in tent-stitch, I can adjust the wool quantities and
provide altered instructions.
Kew Palace
Finished size: 38 x 38cm Price £85
"I love this
splendid red brick house within the walls of the Royal
Botanical Gardens at Kew, with its imposing Dutch gables and
quirky chimneys and with its beautiful formal planting."
Quidnet,
Nantucket
Finished size: 38 x 38cm Price £85
Sconset,
Nantucket
Finished size: 40 x 40cm Price £85
Brant
Point, Nantucket
Finished size: 38 x 38cm Price £85
Great
Point, Nantucket
Finished size: 38 x 38cm Price £85
"These four designs are
based on the simple weathered-shingle cottages and beautiful beaches
of my favourite island, off the coast of Massachusetts, USA."
Quimper Man
Finished size: 36 x 36cm Price £80
Quimper
Woman
Finished size: 36 x 36cm Price £80
"These two designs were
inspired by the traditional colours and motifs of the charming naive
pottery from the Bretonne town of Quimper, France."
