Art of the outside world. V&A. This was my favorite museum in London.
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My newest alphabet will be colorwork. The project is based on the historic embroidery technique of blackwork.
The plan. Draw outline of letter. Fill-in with blackwork-style patterns. To start, the interior patterns will be iterations of the letter. That may change. To be posted every two weeks, give or take, on Sundays. First letter scheduled for 19 January.
I am doing the letters in color because 26 letters in monochrome would get monotonous.
I am calling it colorwork because the result may not resemble authentic blackwork patterns.
No embroidery will be involved in any of the letters. This is strictly a computer-based design project.
The posts that got me started, Blackworkembroidery.org: Kim Brody Salazar & String-Or-Nothing: The Unstitched Coif Exhibit. Hat tip to G.
Onwards!
Katherine
Virtual Brush Box 
Interesting concept. I’ve done blackwork, it can be exquisite. Sometimes “blackwork” is “redwork,” too. The theory is the same, outline then fill. Sometimes, do the fill first, then outline. Not often, tho. The inside first is usually a cross-stitch thing, with backstitching to outline or accentuate certain areas.
You are both waaay ahead of me.
Joan
Thank you for the sewing info. I had no idea.