The Embroidered Art of Chloe Giordano

(Hardback)

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"Utterly amazing! The embroidery work of Chloe Giordano is delicate, tiny, beautiful, realistic, adorable, detailed, perfect there are so many adjectives you could use to describe her work!" - Mary Corbet, Needle 'n Thread

Take a walk through the stunning stitched world of renownedembroiderer Chloe Giordano, and discover not only her unique way of working with sewing thread but also asublime collection of her exquisite textile art, inspired by her love of the natural world.

Taking one project from conception through to completion, see how Chloe plans her designs, chooses colours, selects threads, blends colours and finally stitches her designs in order to create her beautifully detailed embroideries. Packed with Chloe's guidance on every aspect of the process, including hooping and framing, this book will inspire you to create stunning thread paintings of your own.

In the second part of the book, wend your way through a beautiful gallery of Chloe's work showcasing her popular, intricate embroideries that celebrate wildlife both big and small from foxes, fawns through to hares, rabbits, mice and more. All are accompanied by the back story and inspiration behind the piece, offering a fascinating and exclusive look into Chloe's creative process.

For needle-paintingthat will astound you with its lifelike, delicate beauty pick up this book and get lost in the magical woodland art of Chloe Giordano.

Reviews

Welcome to the beautiful needle painted world of young artist Chloe Giordano. This book shows how she makes her stitched studies of woodland animals, taking an in-depth look at her working process and the inspiration behind each piece.

I enjoy doing needle painting myself, and am always intrigued to see how other people work when doing something I enjoy. This is not a book of projects, although if you want to try this style of embroidery it will certainly inspire you to have a go. If you are a beginner Search Press publish books on how it is done, but this book shows what it can look like when done by somebody with real talent. Discover what tools and materials Ms Giordano uses, what inspires her and how she gets the raw ideas down on paper first. There are chapters on how she makes multiple sketches to get the composition just right, and her use of colour both for the animals and the hand dyed backgrounds to the work. This book is mostly going to be of interest to those who already embroider so the practical parts on hoop preparation and transferring the design will be of interest, as will the staged photographs showing how she builds up a piece. I tend to use floss when doing this type of thing, but this artist uses ordinary sewing thread which makes for a far more detailed image. Watching it build up from sketch to lifelike creature is fascinating, and each chapter after the basics is devoted to a particular piece of work. Most of the subjects are British animals such as deer, rabbits, hares, mice and badgers. There is a wolf cub and Arctic fox too, plus a kingfisher and they all come to vibrant life, usually taking about forty hours to complete each one. This is an illuminating guide to how to get the best results from thread painting, showing one possible way of working but also giving plenty of useful tips to anybody keen on learning more.

-- Rachel A Hyde * myshelf.com *

This book is so inspiring, Chloe explains the process she takes to produce her beautiful work and the equipment she has used. There are no instructions or tutorials, however it contains stunning photos of Chloes work. A truly inspiring read. I am so glad to have read it, I love to embroider and it has fired my passion, I am not in any way up to this standard, but a lovely book I would recommend.

-- Sally Mitton * Customer review *

From conception to completion Chloe Giordano shares how she creates her beautiful embroideries of the natural world/ She demonstrates how to refine your designs, how to select colours and blend threads, so you can create your own sublime embroidery.

* The Textile Art Magazine - Embroidery *

The image on the cover of this book makes it very attractive to pick up and browse but don't be mistaken this is only the beginning. This is not a typical "how to" project book it feels much more like looking at someone's personal project book from initial sketches that you are shown developing into the most stunning pieces of embroidered art and throughout there are personal notes sharing the author's thoughts. The author explains her background and choices of subject, medium and methods used, all little nuggets of information which will keep me returning to read. There are beautiful photographs throughout showing multiple pieces of work at various stages of the process. The photographs also include images showing the sketching and drawing process that has been used to develop ideas.
The embroideries are in five categories (Hares, Foxes, Fawns, Rabbits and Deeper into the Forest); for the first four categories the author describes how she developed on each of these subjects to create variations on a theme. The latter section gives a quick glimpse at a wider range of subjects.
Whether you want to learn from this artist or are simply content to be in awe of her beautiful work this book has something to offer.

-- Lisa Carson * Customer review *

The hardback version of this book is exquisite, beautiful quality paper and photographs. Inspirational content showing how the artist achieves intricate detail in her nature embroideries. Helpful information about her work practices and lots of beautiful photographs of drawings and embroideries both during the process and finished. A delight to look at and contemplate how to improve your own projects.

-- Caroline Morgan * Customer review *

This book is incredibly beautiful. Such detailed exquisite works of art which are explored in detail. She describes how each is made with sketches then transfer and how she stitches them with her chosen colours of thread. Very inspirational and a wonderful read.

-- Nicki Mansfield * Customer review *

With beautiful photography and plenty of illustrations this book is lovely to look at and makes a great 'coffee table' book but it is also a useful 'how-to' with information on preparing fabric and transferring designs. It then starts to get a little more personal as they artist explains her thoughts and processes and we see the pictures come to life. There are no patterns to follow and I imagine it would be difficult to work to this level, especially as she stitches with sewing thread which would require good eyesight and/or magnification.

I think this would appeal not only to those with an interest in textile arts but to lovers of British wildlife as it features, hares, rabbits, fawns & many other forest creatures.

-- Nicola Urmenyi * Customer review *

This book details the thought processes behind creating these magical pieces of art from the start, from sketching out the subject matter to choosing colours and preparing the fabric.

Large, colour photos clearly show the various embroideries, sketches and the different stages which went into completing the finished creation.

For those who are experienced in embroidery this book provides plenty of inspiration to stray away from mass produced patterns and create a work of art that is truly unique.

-- Sarah Dennis * Customer review *

This book is quite simply one of the most stunning books I've ever seen. I come from a family of sewers and have always loved embroidery so I was very excited to get my hands on a copy of this book, especially after seeing the beautiful cover. It turns out that's just the tip of the iceberg and the contents of the book is beyond what I expected. The first third of the book concerns various tips and tricks for how to do Chloe's style of embroidery and needle-painting, and there are a lot of really useful nuggets of information here about where and how to begin, basics of how to blend colours, how to keep your work neat and how to finish and display your piece. The last two thirds of the book are filled with heaps of high-resolution photos of Chloe's pieces from beginning to end so that you can see each creature being built up. There is annotation throughout from Chloe about her process, what she's learnt, how she's changed her style and various notes about each piece. It gives real insight into her thought processes and her craft. As someone who's never tried needle-painting and is very eager to start, I found this book really inspiring and I'm absolutely itching to give it a go. Although there are loads of process images, the colours aren't specifically detailed and the animal shapes and shading patterns aren't provided so you can't create your own version of any of Chloe's work. This isn't a problem and it wasn't in the description of the book or anything like that, it was just something I personally hoped for because this style of embroidery is so beautiful but as a beginner, it feels very overwhelming to know where to even start and although I'm very inspired and eager, so I will be seeking out other books and tutorials. For those who are more experienced, I'm sure this book would be ideal because it'll help you troubleshoot any issues you're having as well as improving your techniques and almost certainly teaching you things you didn't know or hadn't thought of yet. The images throughout are really high quality, very detailed and vibrant colour and you feel really immersed in Chloe's world from the first page. It honestly is one of the most beautiful books I've ever seen and if I manage to create one piece that's even half as good as any of those shown in this book then I'll be delighted and I know the tips and tricks I've read about here will really help me achieve that.

-- Lucy Fyles * Customer review *

Without sounding too precious or in fact precocious, as the reviewer I feel overall that this is a publication tolift ones heart. I may be biased, as I have followed this artist on Social Media for a good while now, letting her imagination flood my feed.

Embroidered Art as a title really is self explanatory, thats they book, it is fine art in a fabric, tactile form: A treasury ofFine Art to Stitch in its most visual form.

Who is it aimed at

Those with a keen interest in embroidery or those who come from a Fine Art background and wish to peruse a different way of working.

Giordano was originally interested in Illustration, thus we see this aspect merged with her embroidery style. This has led to many commissions and collaborations with clients such as Penguin and Vintage Books. She is now classed as one of the great embroiderers of this time.

The contents allows us into her world, this artists mindset and way of working.

Practical areas are covered, exploring colour, types of thread and image composition making that transition from sketch to stitch.

After these practical areas are covered, the artist then delves deeper into her own world, allowing us to see how certain works of hers have been put together.

The imagery, which embraces nature and shows it off at its very best.

Speaking bluntly, if you are a cold hearted perso

Author Bio

Chloe began to sew in the last year of her Illustration degree at the University of the West of England, and since graduating in 2011 she has continued to experiment with freehand embroidery, using sewing thread and hand-dyed fabrics. Her clients include Vintage Books, Penguin and Bloomsbury.

Chloe is regarded as one of the worlds top embroiderers and has been featured on numerous textile art websites, including Textile Artist, This Is Collossal, as well as Mary Corbets Needle n Thread and Bored Panda. Based in York, UK, she sells her original pieces, prints and greetings cards on Etsy and through her website www.chloegiordano.com.