Introduction to Blackwork Embroidery class for #TriKUT

 What is #TriKUT?

The Tri-Kingdom University Tournament #TriKUT is a friendly pre-1600 historical competition between between the SCA Kingdoms of Midrealm, Meridies, and Atlantia that starts on June 12, 2021 and continues for one month until July 18, 2021. For more information on the tournament, please visit: https://www.facebook.com/groups/trikingdomuniversitytournament

 

What is the SCA?

 The Society for Creative Anachronism is an international, non-profit educational organization that studies and recreates the medieval and Renaissance years of 600-1600AD. For more information and to locate your local branch, please check out http://www.sca.org

 

Where to watch this Blackwork Embroidery class?

   This is an Introduction to Blackwork Embroidery class that I put together for the Tri-Kingdom University Tournament. This class covers blackwork embroidery history, where to find historical patterns, materials needed, and a step by step tutorial on geometric blackwork embroidery.  

 0:00 Introduction 

0:47 History

30:37 Blackwork explained 

31:29 Materials needed 

59:32 Step by step instructions 

1:16:26 How to draft a pattern 

1:18:07 Demonstration (Embroidering a caul)

 

  Suggestions on where to purchase embroidery items: 

Silk thread (Needle in a Haystack): http://www.needlestack.com/WebStore/Thread/AVAS_Ovale.html or http://www.needlestack.com/WebStore/Thread/AVAS_SoiePerlee.html 

Slate Frame (T.F. Woodcraft): https://www.tfwoodcraft.com/shop/slate-frames/ 

Hoop Frame: https://amzn.to/3sktIBs 

Beeswax: https://amzn.to/2NHAmTF 

Scissors: https://amzn.to/2ZO93cP 

Linen Fabric: https://amzn.to/3m1bsuJ 

Craft Stand: https://amzn.to/3pYGlR0

 

 

 

Works Cited:

 •Blake, Sarah. “Sampler.” V&A Museum. 1664. http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O70157/sampler-blake-sarah/. 8 March 2020.

•“Booklet of Embroidery and Drawnwork.” The Met Museum. 17th century. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/221650. 9 June 2020.

•“Border.” The Art Institute of Chicago. https://www.artic.edu/artworks/8489/border. 25 October 2019.

•Bostocke, Jane. “Sampler.” V&A Museum. 1598. https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O46183/sampler-bostocke-jane/. 10 September 2020.

•Bruyn, Bartholomäus. “Portrait of a Knight of an Order.” Kunst Historisches Museum. 1531. https://www.khm.at/en/objectdb/detail/363/?offset=0&lv=list. 21 March 2020.

•“Elizabeth, Lady Audley.” Royal Collection Trust. https://www.rct.uk/collection/422292/elizabeth-lady-audley-1564. 14 October 2019.

•“Embroidered Fabric.” Museo del Tessuto. https://www.museodeltessuto.it/museo/collezioni/?lang=en. 23 October 2019.

•“Embroidered Sampler.” The Met Museum. 1600. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/221177. 18 September 2020.

•“Embroidery.” V&A Museum. http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O362988/embroidery/. 27 March 2020.

•“Embroidery 2.” V&A Museum. https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O362986/embroidery/. 13 December 2019.

•“Embroidery (Egypt).” Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum. https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18474169/. 25 October 2019.

•“Fragment from the neck opening of a tunic with crosses and diamond-shapes.” The Ashmolean Museum. http://jameelcentre.ashmolean.org/collection/921/per_page/100/offset/0/sort_by/date/category/textiles/object/15983. 27 October 2019.

•Holbein, Hans (the Younger). “Margaret Roper.” The Met Museum. 1535. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436662?&searchField=All&sortBy=Date&ft=tudor&offset=20&rpp=20&pos=22. 30 November 2019.

 •Holbein, Hans (the Younger). “Portrait of a boy with a marmoset.” Kunstmuseum Basel. http://sammlungonline.kunstmuseumbasel.ch/eMuseumPlus?service=direct/1/ResultDetailView/result.inline.list.t1.collection_list.$TspTitleLink.link&sp=13&sp=Sartist&sp=SfilterDefinition&sp=0&sp=1&sp=1&sp=SdetailView&sp=92&sp=Sdetail&sp=0&sp=T&sp=0&sp=SdetailList&sp=275&sp=F&sp=Scollection&sp=l19344. 5 September 2016. 

•“Kasuti Patterns 1.” Sarah’s Hand Embroidery Tutorials. 2020. http://www.embroidery.rocksea.org/hand-embroidery/kasuti/kasuti-patterns-1/. 4 March 2020.

•“Portrait of a Young Woman.” The Met Museum. 1535. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437205?&searchField=All&sortBy=Date&ft=tudor&offset=20&rpp=20&pos=21. 30 November 2019.

•“Sampler.” V&A Museum. http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O70028/sampler-unknown/. 23 October 2019.

•“Sampler fragment with chevrons, birds, and fish.” The Ashmolean Museum. University of Oxford. 2013. http://jameelcentre.ashmolean.org/collection/7/1252/1253/all/per_page/100/offset/0/sort_by/seqn./object/10835. 29 March 2020.

•Siebmacher, Johann. Schön Neues Modelbuch. 1597. https://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/0002/bsb00026001/images/index.html?id=00026001&groesser=&fip=xssdaseayaewqewqwxsxdsydeayayzts&no=3&seite=17. 21 March 2020.

•Tagliente, Giovanni Antonio. “Essempio di recammi.” The Met Museum. 1530. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/357722. 9 October 2020.

•“Textile fragment with interlacing chevrons and Maltese crosses.” The Ashmolean Museum. http://jameelcentre.ashmolean.org/collection/8/per_page/100/offset/100/sort_by/date/object/16081. 29 March 2020.

•Zoppino, Nicolo. “Esemplario di lavori.” The Met Museum. August 1529. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/349352. 10 October 2020.