Skeleton number three

Meant to update alst night but I got distracted

three living and three dead update

because I was watching tv whilst sewing, I recorded 3 seconds of video at the end of each episode and then compiled them.

IMC face

A face done as an online class for Leeds university international medieval congress in july

She ginger because I’m a bit bored with doing blonde hair.

She is available both as a kit and a digital only option on my shop, but non delegates won’t be able to get acess to the Qand A during the congress

https://www.opusanglicanumembroidery.com/shop/online-courses/2?page=1&limit=60&sort_by=popularity_score&sort_order=desc

pearl flower

a video tutorial on how I did the pearl flowers for my burgundian gown

lady face

she was the first face on the opus masterclass (hence the coarser stitch, cos I figured with five faces we could start big and work down) but last to get here halo

selfie mermaid

The selfie mermaid. She is for a joint conference at Leeds and York universities on the medieval self.

she’s also available on the shop as a kit, which will include links to the video tutorials

https://www.opusanglicanumembroidery.com/product/selfie-mermaid/48?cp=true&sa=false&sbp=true&q=false&category_id=2

I had a lot of fun with her because she’s quite similar to the luttrell mermaid, and when I did her I regretted not giving her a selfie stick, so I was delighted when Kayla wanted to go for modified medieval rather than an exact rendition of the ms. I think mermaids would take to selfies like, er…mermaids to water

Jesse

This one is based on the madonna from the Jesse cope. I worked on her last week as a tutorial for lady annes needlework festival with the crewelworkcompany . I faffed a bit with her halo to give her more teachable stuff, but otherwise she’s pretty faithful.

I would encourage you to sign up but apparently they sold out of the class days ago (I only really finsihed her on Saturday)

 

So anyway, she’s the reaosn there’s been no update on the three living and the three dead

and seriously, I’ve treid three different sized versions of this photo, but wordpress’ shitty new editor won’t let me show the full picture.

hmmm?

Normally I create things purely for my own amusement, but lately I’ve done a lot of small projects for classes and such, and there are only so many examples of opusanglicanum faces and small dragons one needs as teaching examples, so I’m considering putting a few originals for sale on my webshop. I have a few smaller things which would be around the £80 mark, but the average opus anglicanum face runs from £200 – 500 due to the time involved. I’m not anticipating a huge rush of sales, but selling one now and then would be nice
but the question is, how to mount them for sale?

Hoops are not an option, because I have a deeply held aversion to displaying embroidery on a tool, it’s like serving chips on a roofing slate. PLus, I think they just make the work look cheap (I don’t care how nicely you package a hoop, it’s still a £3 hoop).

 

so, do I mount things on cards ready for the buyer to frame as they wish,(and then never get round to framing it) or do I frame them myself – I universally go for a simple solid oak or ash frame with wide cream mount – it would add about £40 to the price of most thiings, which isn’t bad for a really nice frame, plus I can have them supplied with plexiglass so they’re fine to post

silk chelles finished

I actaully finished this a few weeks ago, but I hung onto it in case I had a week where I was too busy to have something new to post. This week I’ve been filming an opus face tutorial for lady annes needlework festival, so I haven’t done a single stitch on the three living and the three dead – hopefully next week, fingers crossed!

Any way, this is the silk side of the experiment. I delayed finishing because tbh the tiny dog was a bit intimidating because he is very very wee indeed, but he was slightly less intimidating in silk than he was in gold.

In the end I had to finish because I needed the frame for the lady ann project, but I suspect it will be a while before I assemble the two sides into a purse because I’m still thinking about how to do the knobs.

And is it just me, or does the dog look like it’s trying to hump the guy’s leg?

profile angel

the rpofile face from clas got a silk underside couched halo, which I rather like