As part of what I like to call my ongoing “thread studies”, I came across this fabulous book a while back.
It is a thread and time consuming practice called “needle painting”. The finished work is so beautiful, and I have tried my hand at a few of my own. Although mine are a bit more bold than Trish Burr, I one day strive for her delicacy and tremendous finish product. Here is one of my finishes:
Yes I do this!! Thank you for posting!!
She is typically using silk threads in her lessons, and I am using good old fashioned DMC so the finish will be different, but I thought I would practice with the materials I have before committing to a master project. PLUS, I am not used to doing projects with one thread, so its a bit more delicate and challenging that traditional cross stitch. I tried it with some bamboo thread but it was bulky…
I splurged and got this book for myself a while back. I love to look at it. Evrything is beautiful. I am no where near being able to copy the techniques….yet!
Wow. Your work is awesome.
That is nice of you to say, but I think everyone should give this strategy a try.