2 Pix on RCTNP

On Jan 6, 9:32*am, Pat in Illinois wrote:
How does one access RCTNP?

Pat in Illinois

You need to join the Yahoo group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RCTNP/

Put in RCTN in your request so they know who you are.

Thank you!

Pat in Illinois

lewmew wrote:
On Jan 6, 9:32 am, Pat in Illinois wrote:
How does one access RCTNP?

Pat in Illinois

You need to join the Yahoo group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RCTNP/

Put in RCTN in your request so they know who you are.

On 1/6/09 11:28 AM, "lewmew" wrote:

Been having getting the photo album to connect and finally did - love
the Baroque! May have to go in my someday pile. . .

Glad you like it.

How do you get the shadow/"floating" effect?

Hmmm - that may be the photo. It's hard doing the picture on the black
canvas, even with a white backdrop. The open sections kind of waiver.

The "floating" shadow areas - if you're referring to the middle medallion -
the outline is done in perle cotton smyrna's, but the top leg is in silk -
so it seems to be floating and shadowed.

The crescents are done in soft sheen fyrewerks, and the head of the crescent
has about 12 stitches that are doubled (though the top stitch isn't the same
direction as what it is laying over). That sort of builds up the crescent
so it's a bit puffier towards the top.

The other clever thing which Jean did - as in Amethyst Dreams - it's an
exercise in the effects of texture and light reflection. So much is the
same color - in my case black - done with other blacks, and you get a sense
of shadowing by virtue of the different textures and sheen. The inner
border looks pretty cool, and subtle, up close - with the 2 different
ribbons - Neon Rays next to 1/16 Kreinik. The NR is wider, and together it
kind of shimmers.

I'm pretty careful in doing this piece - the teaching thing. And using much
longer lengths than normal - but for the long stitches - it works. But, I
have use some little tricks - like knotting the end about an inch in - on
the tail which hangs out when I anchor the starting end. Several of these
metallics want to come apart. And, when the end of the thread is anchored,
had to have extra beyond the buried part - and hit that with a careful drop
of fray check, then snip. The anchors almost all include doing a bargello
tuck or these slick things will pull out. Thread heaven - definitely worth
it on the crystal braid, the NR, the metallic ribbons. OTOH, with
highlights on AD, it doesn't really help. All you can do with that stuff,
the knotted starting end (which I do fray check and snip - don't leave
knots), and as with Neon Rays, sometimes wiping down with a damp cloth
helps.

Hope this answered your question.

ellice