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A flock of five needlecraft on plastic canvas birds. From left to right, front row: Eastern bluebird, Northern cardinal, and American goldfinch. Back row: blue jay and Baltimore oriole.
I do more than draw and write. I can also stitch needlecraft on plastic canvas, something I learned from my mother, but I only recently got back to it. These birds were made off and on over a period of three months from published designs by Dick Martin, and are meant to be hung from the ceiling.
Photo & birds © 2012 Marvin E. Fuller
I do more than draw and write. I can also stitch needlecraft on plastic canvas, something I learned from my mother, but I only recently got back to it. These birds were made off and on over a period of three months from published designs by Dick Martin, and are meant to be hung from the ceiling.
Photo & birds © 2012 Marvin E. Fuller
Category All / Miscellaneous
Species Avian (Other)
Size 750 x 321px
File Size 250.9 kB
The only things I didn't make were the patterns themselves (unless you want to counting making the materials; I didn't make the plastic canvas or weave and dye the yarn. ). They were created over two decades ago for a booklet of plastic canvas designs, a copy of which my mother bought way back then.
Definitely. Mom got a lot of these books and booklets when she was in her plastic canvas phase, covering a range of stuff from simple things like coasters and tissue box covers to more complex things like these birds and various sorts of flowers. She made a lot of buildings in plastic canvas, including two castles she designed herself and a manor adapted from a house plan. Myself, I mostly just go for whatever strikes my fancy at the time.
I think most plastic canvas flowers aren't that much harder than the birds. Some flowers require wire and floral tape for their stems, but the petals themselves usually aren't all that difficult to make. I figure it's the designing the things in the first place that's the hardest part.
My mother also did lots of crocheting (and she has lots of books and booklets on that as well ), mostly doll dresses, but also dishcloths and afghans. I suppose I ought to learn how to crochet one of these days, if only so I can make new dishcloths as the old ones wear out. It wouldn't be a big priority for me right now, though, as my interest tend to lie more towards drawing and writing, at least, when I feel like doing either.
My mother also did lots of crocheting (and she has lots of books and booklets on that as well ), mostly doll dresses, but also dishcloths and afghans. I suppose I ought to learn how to crochet one of these days, if only so I can make new dishcloths as the old ones wear out. It wouldn't be a big priority for me right now, though, as my interest tend to lie more towards drawing and writing, at least, when I feel like doing either.
Same with crocheting and plastic canvas as well. That's why I do things according to wherever my whims go at the time. At the very least, when I lose interest in doing one, I still have plenty of others to chose from.
By the way, if you're curious, here's a shot of the flowers. --> http://cybercorn-entropic.deviantar.....wers-297963161
By the way, if you're curious, here's a shot of the flowers. --> http://cybercorn-entropic.deviantar.....wers-297963161
Thank you. I'm glad you like them.
You do bring up an interesting thought, though. Pixel art is essentially assembling pictures and designs using spots of color arranged in rows. On a computer, the spots are pixels of light using a monitor as the canvas. In needlepoint, they're yarn or thread using a canvas mesh of some sort (plastic canvas in these birds' case). Same principle, just different methods. A good point to think about, indeed.
You do bring up an interesting thought, though. Pixel art is essentially assembling pictures and designs using spots of color arranged in rows. On a computer, the spots are pixels of light using a monitor as the canvas. In needlepoint, they're yarn or thread using a canvas mesh of some sort (plastic canvas in these birds' case). Same principle, just different methods. A good point to think about, indeed.
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