| Helen M. Stevens' Embroidered Birds (Masterclass Embroidery) | 
 enlarge | Author: Helen M. Stevens
Creator: Nigel Salmon
Publisher: David & Charles Publishers
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 472173
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 96
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 10.3 x 9.3 x 0.4
ISBN: 0715319655
Dewey Decimal Number: 746
UPC: 806488416964
EAN: 9780715319659
ASIN: 0715319655
Publication Date: September 15, 2004
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Condition: New - may have a small remainder mark on the edge.
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Product Description
A master-class in how to create breathtaking portraits of birds with embroidery silks, from internationally acclaimed textile artist Helen M. Stevens. In Embroidered Birds, the third title in the Master-class Embroidery series, Helen shares her secrets of how to achieve amazingly lifelike effects in pure silk thread. In five fascinating chapters Helen explores a variety of birds that are linked in different ways either by their proximity to man, such as domestic and ornamental fowl, or by habitat, such as water birds. Each chapter culminates in a master-class project with color templates for many of the birds described. Easy to follow step-by-step color photographs illustrate the working, in progress, of the designs to ensure that perfect results are achievable.
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Nice and informative November 11, 2008
I am in the process of in-house "training" and this book, among others, by this exceptional artist is helping me formulate new procedures and ideas before I start a project.
Beautiful study of birds February 18, 2004
31 out of 31 found this review helpful
This book has several beautiful study of birds. The photographs of her own work are truly amazing. The bald eagle, in particular, looks totally alive with a malevolent glint in it's eye. I really loved the egret with wispy white feathers that seemed to be blowing in the wind. The book includes a generous example of Helen's own embroidery that are not part of the classes. These, I think, are the best examples of what is possible. The main part of the book consists of 5 master classes that walks one through the step by step construction of the projects. However, her master classes looked way too complex for me. Instead I incorporate her method into my own design of a small bird and a flower. She explains her method, opus plunarium -- or layers of feathers used to create the illusion of depth, body, and movement, in the technique section at the back of the book. This method was especially convincing and life-like when used on the small bird, and very surprisingly, not too difficult to realize, even for me! I think Helen used mostly thick, flat, Japanese style silk threads (not silk floss, not twisted silk). Her work has a super-glossy look. These types of threads are not easy to find in the U.S. I purchases YLI silk twisted floss from Needlework.com. These produced matter, semi-glossy results, which I was quite happy with. The YLI silk floss came in 6 twisted stands, where each strand seemed to be about 1/2 the thickness of a stranded, twisted, cotton DMC floss. I would highly recommend Ms. Stevens' Embroidered Birds for your library. The pictures are lovely, and the technique will add wings to your embroidery.
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