The rubbing interpretation was stitched in brown/grey neutral threads on 14 pt canvas which had the background painted in cream/grey. I placed the canvas over the rubbing and marked the different textured areas with dark pencil. This was then stitched using a range of different stitches to depict the different textures and surfaces.
Threads used were: silk, cotton, crewel wool and perle cotton. Stitches used to illustrate textured areas were: cross, Smyrna, Portugese knot, double leviathan, Chinese knot, Ray stitch, oblong cross and vault stitch. The background was stitched in lighter colours using satin, diagonal and cretan stitches.
Some green colour crept in as I was sewing in poor light one evening and did not realise the colour difference. This illustrates however that this sample is best executed in one colour to see the differences in texture more easily.
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