C Is For Color, C Is For Cerise, Colorwork Alphabet, Art

Art of the outside world. National Postal Museum: Alphabetilately. Images, NPM: Visit the Online Exhibition.

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C is for color.

“This coif is a fine example of blackwork, a style of needlework popular in England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. It was worked with a single colour of silk, usually black, but also blue, green or red, on linen.” V&A: Coif.

“Blackwork is a portmanteau term that covers many, many substyles of high contrast work, often but not always done in monochrome.” String-Or-Nothing: ONE FISH, TWO FISH. GREEN FISH, BLUE FISH.

Emphasis mine.

Process Notes

Color is cerise, French for cherry. Internet sees it as pinkish red.

For my reference, deconstruction of the interior patterns. Same design, different spacing.

Alternate. I don’t know why the more open set has the overlap in the middle instead of lining up. I drafted this one a while ago. I may have had a theory. I may have made a mistake. I’m choosing to see the one used in the letter as an artistic choice. I will not go back and redo. That way lies madness.

Project Description [Colorwork Alphabet Introduction]

Previous Posts [Colorwork Alphabet]

Update: Process images & notes added after posting but on the day. #howthesausageismade

Onwards!
Katherine