| Details | | Publication Date: | 1998-10-01 |
| Size | | Length: | 135 pages | | Height: | 10.8 in | | Width: | 11.0 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 34.4 oz |
Publisher's Note
English artist and muralist Graham Rust exchanges his brush for a needle to create more than 20 beautiful needlework patterns adapted from his popular watercolors. Rust's interests--in nature, decorative art, and sculpture--are reflected in the fully charted projects, which include a sunflower chairback and seat, a cheetah footstool, a frog pincushion, a tortoise doorstop, and two clever designs for evening bags. All display his delightful signature style.Each of the projects is shown in clear, full-color charts, making it easy to achieve the nuances of color and pattern in the finished works. More experienced needleworkers will enjoy the variations on the main patterns, which they can further personalize through alternate color and thread choices. Diagrams illustrate basic needlepoint stitches and there are conversion charts for various yarns and threads.The lush color photographs were specially commissioned to show the finished projects in close-up or in attractive room settings.Graham Rust is renowned for his murals and ceiling paintings, which embellish some of the world's most beautiful interiors. He is the author of two popular books, The Painted House and Decorative Designs.Shona Wood specializes in photographing interiors and crafts.
Industry Reviews
A well-known British painter of murals, Rust (The Painted House, Knopf, 1988) uses adaptations of his own watercolors in this first venture into needlepoint design. His designs of plants and animals with architectural elements show the painter's touch, having complex shading and balanced composition. The projects have large, full-color charts keyed to DMC Anchor or Appleton yarns, plus a reproduction of the original and a photograph of the finished piece. There is a general section on working and finishing. For arts and crafts collections.
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