martelvonc: (Oh My!)
martelvonc ([personal profile] martelvonc) wrote2007-05-21 07:46 pm

It is slow going.

Here is another photo of the progress I made after about 4 hours of needlework today-


[identity profile] hersir.livejournal.com 2007-05-22 12:19 am (UTC)(link)
You know, THAT's GORGEOUS!

:D

[identity profile] martelvonc.livejournal.com 2007-05-22 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
Why thank you!

He is from a simple woodcut by Villard de Honne Court, dated 1235. It's in the Bibliotheque National, Paris.

The scene is of hunters, dogs barking at the lion, with the lion chained to a post. I liked the "play stance" of the lion and ignored the rest. The lion has no other significance other than I liked the way he looked.

Eventually he will have the border in silk and the background in couched gold. and everything will be outlined in pearls. I love to make covers for my SCA notebooks. :-)

[identity profile] melaniesuzanne.livejournal.com 2007-05-22 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
Wow. He looks fabulous! It's been fun watching your progress on this project.

[identity profile] anne-rose.livejournal.com 2007-05-24 02:49 am (UTC)(link)
Does the Lion have a name yet? He's such a big part of your life - I think he needs a regal name...

It's looking good... I need a 'crash' course in embroidery lettering...

I want to make a 'mundane' type wedding gift for my niece... and part of it is embroidered... You up to the task?

See you Thursday w/ my dragon full of stuff

[identity profile] martelvonc.livejournal.com 2007-05-24 11:15 am (UTC)(link)
We can do that! When is the wedding? That will decide what project to do.

[identity profile] anne-rose.livejournal.com 2007-05-24 02:00 pm (UTC)(link)
oops replied to the wrong place...

The wedding Was on the 20-May ... but there's other 'issues' so the newly weds won't be living together for a while - I figure I have 12 weeks to get a project done.

[identity profile] martelvonc.livejournal.com 2007-05-24 02:43 pm (UTC)(link)
No he doesn't have a name. "Notebook Cover"? I don't usually name my items except for what they actually are.

[identity profile] anne-rose.livejournal.com 2007-05-24 02:59 pm (UTC)(link)
"notebook cover" - well that would be what the whole design is ... the lion itself must have a 'name' ... Most 'people' in portraits have a name... even if the portrait is not their name. "Little girl in blue" or whatever the painting is called. Yep, humanizing the non-humans again.

[identity profile] racaire1.livejournal.com 2007-06-01 06:24 pm (UTC)(link)
very beautiful work!
:)

[identity profile] martelvonc.livejournal.com 2007-06-03 03:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you! I am enjoying this project very much.