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I'm currently working on a large project that may become a small business:
If any of you have any ideas of what would translate nicely into needlepoint or cross-stitch, let me know! I'm looking for designs that don't have toooo much shading and are fairly geometric with strong, clean lines. I've already converted one of Mackintosh's roses from a stained glass design. Any ideas or links to pics would be much appreciated!!! I really love William Morris, Aubrey Beardsley and Mackintosh.
If any of you have any ideas of what would translate nicely into needlepoint or cross-stitch, let me know! I'm looking for designs that don't have toooo much shading and are fairly geometric with strong, clean lines. I've already converted one of Mackintosh's roses from a stained glass design. Any ideas or links to pics would be much appreciated!!! I really love William Morris, Aubrey Beardsley and Mackintosh.
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Re: Designing my own art nouveau/symbolist tapestries
Thu, January 20, 2005 - 6:32 PMJust a thought; you could probably take a good deal of the images you like and crank up the contrast on them then use a filter like poster or stained glass in photoshop that would create some great templates for ya. -
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Re: Designing my own art nouveau/symbolist tapestries
Fri, January 21, 2005 - 9:18 AMooo...I hadn't thought of that! Thanks! There are so many images I love, but once I upload them to the cross-stitching software, they get all pixelated and grainy. Good advice!
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Re: Designing my own art nouveau/symbolist tapestries
Sat, April 30, 2005 - 11:35 AMI have almost all the works of Beardsley and a number of other artists, what sorts of themes are you looking for ? Just geometry ? -
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Re: Designing my own art nouveau/symbolist tapestries
Mon, May 2, 2005 - 2:38 PMwell, I love anything by Beardsley, and I love the idea of stitching his illustrations (for example, the popular Salome) in black thread on white or cream aida cloth. I love historical themes in general, I'm not picky! However, with stitching, the more geometrical or clean-lined, the better it translates into pixelated stitches. (Which is why I love Beardsley and his use of clean, solid lines). -
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Re: Designing my own art nouveau/symbolist tapestries
Sat, May 7, 2005 - 1:00 PMI have some illustrations by other artists on my ebay store, I would be happy to send you scans of if you like
the store name is paper n perfs -
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Re: Designing my own art nouveau/symbolist tapestries
Tue, June 7, 2005 - 2:12 PMwow, you've got some killer pieces--love the st. osmund and Rozenkrantz's Noel. thanks for the tip! My summer project is to get my designing off the ground, so you may just hear from me soon! thanks!
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Re: Designing my own art nouveau/symbolist tapestries
Wed, June 8, 2005 - 1:34 PMHi - there is a great book from Dover loaded with copyright-free Art Nouveau designs you could use. I use them to do hand-embroidered pieces. The ISBN is 0-486-24641-8.
In general, I would check out doverpublications.com as they have a lot of CDs with copyright free stuff in the Art Nouveau/Symbolist range. Then you don't have to scan. -
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Re: Designing my own art nouveau/symbolist tapestries
Wed, June 8, 2005 - 1:57 PMwow, thanks! I did find a Dover book of stained glass art nouveau and victorian pieces that is a gold mine--it even came with a CD Rom! I will check out the one you mention...thanks! -
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Re: Designing my own art nouveau/symbolist tapestries
Fri, July 15, 2005 - 4:24 AMwell to me, "geometric" sounds more like deco stuff then nouveau....however nouveau can be simplified......for example if you look @ nouveau hair or water, it's pretty complex detailed stuff....so the trick is to decide which are the "main lines" (the most important lines that represent the general forms)...lines the piece could not "work" w/out.......you can use paint on a hard copy or work it out in photoshop...it's a really hard thing to do when you love the work so much....and appreciate the beauty for all of it's glorious complexity....good refrence for this nouveau simplification is archetecture....shapes in archways, gates, furnature, stained glass, and jewellery..............sounds like a wonderfull project.....let me know how it goes -
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Re: Designing my own art nouveau/symbolist tapestries
Fri, July 15, 2005 - 10:10 AMI agree---Art Nouveau, my favorite style, often eludes my attempts at patterning for cross-stitch. I've had to use more Art Deco stuff because of it's cleaner lines. I also discovered that J.R. Mackintosh is a perfect blend of the two--his rose designs are easy to use and are coming along great! Thanks for all the tips, guys, I'll post pics once I'm done with my first design (I'm halfway done so far). -
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Re: Designing my own art nouveau/symbolist tapestries
Tue, July 19, 2005 - 4:51 PMI've never considered Nouveau as being geometric whatsoever, in fact deco was sort of a response to it's fluidity, although it is has a great deal of symmetry. I have an antique bedroom set waiting for some t.l.c. in my garage of 1920 Hollywood deco vintage that utilizes deco wood cuts and inlays with nouveou fixtures and rounded topfaces. It sorta looks like Mucha & Erte had a fling! -
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Re: Designing my own art nouveau/symbolist tapestries
Wed, July 20, 2005 - 9:38 AMwell, what I originally asked for was pieces that were "fairly geometric." I realize Art Nouveau is fluid and detailed, but I have found some art from that period that are actually pretty clean-lined. For example, anything by John Rennie Mackintosh is great. Beardsley used clean lines (not geometric, but linear) and some early Craftsman era stuff would be perfect. Maybe I should have made it more clear--not so much geometric (no right angles) as clean. Nothing with so much shading that it will get lost in translation.
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