High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Needlepoint is a form of canvas work embroidery, in which yarn is stitched through an open weave canvas in which vertical and horizontal threads are formed to make precise holes between the thread and then hand painted or printed with a design. Stitchers use different coloured yarn or thread to cover each area with the corresponding colour on the canvas. The types of stitching and threads used on the canvas make it more durable than surface embroidery using fine count aida. Needlepoint worked on very fine (highcount) canvas (16 or more mesh holes per line inch) is called petitpoint. Needlepoint is often referred to as tapestry but differs from true tapestry, which is woven on a vertical loom rather than stitched on canvas mesh. Finished works may be made into pillows or upholstery, may be displayed on the wall, framed or unframed, or made into holiday ornaments, purses, stuffed standup figures, or rugs. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Timpledon, Miriam T./ Marseken, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 128 Publication Date: 2010/06/14 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.01 x 0.30 inches
Floral Splendor Needlepoint Kit includes: wool and acrylic yarns, 12-mesh canvas printed in full color, needle, and easy instructions. Pillow finishing materials not included. Canvas size: 18" x 18".
This tapestry design features a union jack flag with roses and polka dots.Ideal for making into a cushion (backing fabric not included).Contents:12 count, full colour printed canvas.Tapestry wool.Needle.Instructions.Finished size H30, W45cm.EAN/MPN/UPC/ISBN: 5055185217748.
A reference guide which helps with various aspects of needlepoint, including choosing needle sizes, suitable threads, frames and hoops; starting and ending threads. It includes a useful section on how to design your own pieces.
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Reviving Petit Point - Puja Bhakoo
An avid embroiderer since the age of thirteen, Puja Bhakoo, an ad person by profession, has revived the art of Petit Point embroidery in India, lending it a whole new ethnic dimension.
Drawing inspiration from paintings by world famous Indian artists , Puja Bhakoo sketches, paints and then embroiders human figures on canvas using wool. Earthy hues are ambitiously incorporated in most compositions. The figures' solemn expressions and the compositions' bold lines give her creations a hauntingly realistic look with a three dimensional quality that is far easier to achieve in paintings than it is in petit point. The degree to which the artist is able to create an illusion of depth, reflects her richness of experience and an innate understanding of the medium.
Owing to the intricacy of the designs and the fact that there is no trained help available (unlike standard hand embroideries), Puja Bhakoo creates one piece in 3-12 months, depending on the size of the work. Ofcourse the end product is one of its kind...a labour of love and painstaking effort, that is impossible to duplicate since there are no graphs or stencils.
While this lends an aura of exclusivity to each creation, it also makes the supply curve, vertical. This in turn makeseach piece, a rare acquisition.
Sizes of framed panels vary from 1ft x1ft to 4ft x 6ft.
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Petit Point : A Brief History.
Petit Point is a form of needle point embroidery that closely resembles a tapestry on completion. Its history can be traced back to the 16th Century, although it reached its most refined and sophisticated expression in Europe from the late Middle Ages through the 18th century.
A very expensive art form, Petit Point embroideries came to be closely connected with the ruling classes and the clergy of yore.
Historical textiles have often been the result of collaborative relationships between designers (trained as painters), weavers, embroiderers and sculptors. From the 16th Century on, leading artists like Raphael, Rubens, Boucher and Goya provided weavers with cartoons for single tapestries or complete sets.are to locate a needle point sample that reflects laborious workmanship.
...And now
As with all applied arts, increased mechanization led to slipping standards, inferior training and workmanship and a paucity of visual ideas.
In this age of instant gratification and perhaps due to shrinking attention spans, it has become extremely rare to locate a needle point sample that reflects laborious workmanship.
The Indian Scenario
Over the years, Cross stitch, Needle Point and Petit Point compositions got over-simplified and reduced to painted canvas floated in India by Madura Coats. These canvases carry simple floral motifs, the occasional horse or sceneries, etc.
