Embroidered Art of Chloe Giordano

"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 ThreadTake a walk through the stunning stitched world of renowned embroiderer Chloe Giordano, and discover not only her unique way of working with sewing thread but also a sublime 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-painting that will astound you with its lifelike, delicate beauty pick up this book and get lost in the magical woodland art of Chloe Giordano.

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., 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 Chloe’s 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. , 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 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., 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. 

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 world’s top embroiderers and has been featured on numerous textile art websites, including Textile Artist, This Is Collossal, as well as Mary Corbet’s 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.