RSN Essential Stitch Guides: Silk Shading

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Publié par	Search Press
Date de parution	01 janvier 0001
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781800930087
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	185 Mo

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SARAH HOMFRAY

ESSENTIAL STITCH GUIDES Silk Shading

SEARCH PRESS

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After trying out several other careers including working as an engineer and a croupier, Sarah decided to concentrate on her creative skills and went to study on the Royal School of Needlework Apprenticeship, graduating in 2006. There she won the Hilda Watson prize for her silk shading and the Gold and Silver Wyre Drawers prize for her Coronation Goldwork piece. Sarah was lucky enough to be a part of the team of embroiderers to work the embroidery on the wedding dress of The Duchess of Cambridge in 2011, and in 2015, alongside her sister Caroline Homfray, made a th replica 105 Napoleonic Standard for the Battle of Waterloo 200 commemorations. www.sarahhomfray.com

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Previously published as:

Essential Stitch Guides

S A R A H H O M F R AY Silk Shading

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978-1-80092-017-0

THE ROYAL SCHOOL OF NEEDLEWORK Silk Shading

SEARCH PRESS

First published in Great Britain 2011 asSilk Shadingin the RSN Essential Stitch Guides series Search Press Limited Wellwood, North Farm Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN2 3DR

This edition published 2022 by Search Press Limited Copyright © Sarah Homfray 2011, 2022 Photographs by Debbie Patterson at Search Press studios, except for pages 1 and 11, by Michael Wicks; pages 6 and 7 by Roddy Paine photographic studios, page 23 by Paul Bricknell, pages 24, 25, 70, 80 and 85 by Sarah Homfray, and pages 88 and 89 by the Royal School of Needlework. Photographs and design copyright © Search Press Ltd. 2022 Photography of Hampton Court Palace with kind permission from Historic Royal Palaces.

All rights reserved. No part of this book, text, photographs or illustrations may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means by print, photoprint, microîlm, microîche, photocopier, internet, or in any way known or as yet unknown, or stored in a retrieval system, without written permission obtained beforehand from Search Press.

ISBN: 978-1-80092-018-7 ebook ISBN: 978-1-80093-008-7

Readers are permitted to reproduce any of the patterns in this book for their personal use, or for purposes of selling for charity, free of charge and without the prior permission of the Publishers. Any use of the patterns for commercial purposes is not permitted without the prior permission of the Publishers.

SupplierSIf you have any diïculty obtaining any of the materials and equipment mentioned in this book, please visit the Search Press website: www.searchpress.com

For more details about the work of the Royal School of Needlework, including courses, tours, our Studio, tutors and where some of our work can be seen, please go to our website: www.royal-needlework.org.uk

Page 1 Japanese Panel A detail from this wonderful Japanese panel can be seen on page 17. Japanese 19th century. (RSN Collection 1235)

Above Postcard A postcard from my personal collection, dating from the First World War. English 20th century. (Author’s personal collection)

Above Higland Cow The white space is important in the design, as it indicates that the cow is standing in deep snow, so only small areas of the linen background were painted with watercolour paints, as explained on pages 82–83. English 20th century. (Personal collection of Derek Watson)

Opposite Detail o Cockerel English 20th century. (Personal collection of Derek Watson)

Page 5 Snow Scene A delightful snow scene, that shows how light and texture can be suggested with silk shading. The origin of this piece is not known. (Personal collection of Shelley Cox)

THE ROYAL SCHOOL OF NEEDLEWORK Silk Shading

SARAH HOMFRAY

The Royal School of Needlework 6 Introduction 8 The history of silk shading 10 Materials 12 Design and using colour 20 Framing up 32

STITCHES 38 Stab stitch 38 Split stitch 39 Long and short stitch 40 Running stitch 42 Stem stitch 43 Eyelet stitch 44 Adding beads and sequins 44 Padding 46 French knots 48

Bullion knots 49 GETTING STARTED 54 CONTENTS Projects to stitch 62 Taking your work further 74 Further ideas for your own designs 86 Finishing your work 90 Troubleshooting 94 Index 96

THE ROYAL SCHOOL OF NEEDLEWORK

The Royal School of Needlework was founded in 1872 by Lady Victoria Welby because she wanted to ensure the arts and techniques of high quality hand embroidery were kept alive. At the time, Berlin wool work, a form of canvaswork, was all the rage, almost to the exclusion of all other techniques. The RSN began to train people in the wide range of historic techniques from blackwork to silk shading and from metal thread work to whitework. Working with designers such as William Morris, Walter Crane and Edward Burne-Jones, they created pieces for exhibitions in the US and Paris, and for private commissions. Since then, the RSN has used these techniques to make new works for a wide variety of organisations from cathedrals and synagogues to historic buildings and commercial organisations as well as for individuals. We have also worked for every British monarch since Queen Victoria. Today, the RSN is at the forefront of teaching hand embroidery techniques to the highest standard and welcomes people from all over the world on to its courses every year. We also have an extensive collection of embroidered textiles and archival material which acts as a fantastic resource for ideas and inspiration. Visitors to our rooms at Hampton Court Palace, whether for classes or tours, can see a changing range of works from the Collection on display. While setting a high standard, the RSN exists to encourage more people to participate in hand embroidery and to this end, runs courses from beginner level in every technique, for those who want to pursue embroidery as a leisure interest, right through to our professional Certiîcate, Diploma and Foundation Degree for those who want to develop their future careers in embroidered textiles. While we are trying to increase the number of locations where courses are held, we are well aware that Hampton Court Palace, a few other UK centres and San Francisco and Tokyo are not easily accessible to many people who would like to explore embroidery through the RSN approach, hence this series of practical and inspirational guidebooks.

Each book is written by an RSN Graduate Apprentice who has spent three years at the RSN learning techniques and then applying them in the RSN Studio, working on pieces from our Collection or on customers’ contemporary and historic pieces. All are also tutors on our courses. Alongside the actual stitches and historic examples of the technique, you will also înd a selection of works by the author and other RSN Apprentices and Students to show how a technique can really be used in new ways. While the RSN uses traditional stitch techniques as its medium, we believe that they can be used to create very contemporary works to ensure hand embroidery is not just kept alive, but ourishes into the future. We hope these images will inspire you to explore and develop your own work.

Above and top rigt Hampton Court Palace, Surrey, home of the Royal School of Needlework.

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