The Embroidered Art of Chloe Giordano Hardcover – October 1, 2019

This book is a work of art. Her embroideries are stunning, of course, but also the paper is high quality, the colors rich and bright, the photography and layout are creative and detailed. Be aware that this is not a pattern book, but it is a book of techniques, tips and inspiration. I highly recommend it.

Oh my goodness. Where to start. There are embroidery books and there are EMBROIDERY BOOKS!!! This book by Chloe Giordano takes embroidery to a whole different level. Chloe’s work is not something that is completed in one afternoon. Chloe works with individual threads of different colors to achieve the incredible natural look just like a real animal. Her work humbled me because naïvely I thought I was a fairly good embroiderer. WRONG. I bow down to the work of Chloe Giordano. She is a wonderful teacher and artist

The artist is very generous in sharing how she creates her beautiful and detailed embroidered art. The book is a pleasure to read and look at, and useful for those who would like to learn how to create their own stitched art. I'm impressed with the quality of the book itself as well.

Just paging through this book makes me want to grab a needle and floss and settle in for some serious stitching. The photographs are gorgeous and the instructions are great. It looked like a great book online and it is every thing I wanted. A good buy for the serious stitching artist and good for anyone desiring to learn thread painting. Beautiful buy!

I know that other reviewers had mentioned that this is just a collection of authors work and not really an embroidery book. There are plenty of photos out on the internet if that is all you are looking for. I thought that, surely, an embroidery book would be more than that. The book preview really lead you to believe that you will still get some information. There is so much text and what looked like useful process photos! Make no mistake, there is none, none at all.Most of the writing goes along the lines of "I chose this color to contrast such and such.. I wanted to highlight this and that." There is no basic information such as what thread weight she uses (since she does not use the standard embroidery thread). There is no guidance on a single leaf or mushroom, never mind the animals.At one point in the book the author poses questions "How do I redirect the threads to form the ear? How do I create the darkest patches where the fawn's neck is leaning over it's body?" This is never answered. Would have been nice to know.

Exquisite embroideries by Chloe Giordano. You just want to pet these embroideries of hares, fawns, foxes, rabbits, and a few darling other little furries. Her use of color and shadow is wonderful.The book is about her designs and how they are done. This is NOT A HOW TO BOOK. There is no stitch library, patterns or thread references, etc. Given how beautiful it is, please don't give it low marks because it isn't a how-to book.

It is a book that shows different things to embroidery, and they are very pretty, and easy to do. I like to use the ribbons to embroidery, they are very pretty and different.

This was interesting to look through when I got it. I read sections of it and was impressed by the artist's work. However, I haven't looked at it since then. For me, it would have been better to check out the book from a public library than to purchase it.

Llegó con un golpe en una de las esquinas, pero el libro es de muy buena calidad.

The book itself is a masterpiece. Those who are writing "unhappy" reviews for this book, it is taking so much time, hour and hours of hard work to create a book of such a quality with so wonderfully illustrated pages. Please respect artists who are sharing their experience and skills with others.

gutes Buch mit schönen Illustrationen! Ich kann es nur weiter empfehlen!

I have done a class with this tutor on Domestica online course, and I was so impressed by this super talented lady that I had to buy her book.Just to make this clear, this is not a book with any patterns in it for you to stitch along with. This is a book where the tutor takes you by the hand and teaches you step by step how to achieve these results of stunning animal embroidery. I have a City and Guilds level 3 in embroidery. One of the biggest things we are taught is not to copy other people’s work due to copyright. What this tutor wants you to do is to begin using a sketch book and start your drawing journey. Go and sketch animal anatomy, go and study how the muscles and tendons form over the skeleton. Look at how the fur lays or feathers. Study in detail all the minute changes of colour, tone and shade etc.This tutor wants you to be independent of using books using pre designed patterns but to create something that is completely unique to you! Go out in nature and see these animals, take photos of them. Once you have practice a few times drawing the outline of the animals do some basic markings of important positions like the eye, the back legs etc. Do a basic outline onto calico or linen fabric, do some tacking stitches to keep you into position. Select your threads with care because every stitch counts specially when you are working on a small scale. I personally double up my fabric as I find it supports the stitches better.REALLY READ, don’t skim read this book, because there is so much incredible knowledge here! You won’t learn if you skim read this book.The photography is amazing and you can see every single stitch.If you want to use a pattern designed by this tutor and stitch along with her then do her online class through Domestica, her class is listed under “needle painting”. You can print off a pattern and have information about what threads to use.This book isn’t designed for the complete beginner, it’s designed for people who have a basic understanding of embroidery and who are willing to explore and experiment creating animals themselves through the use of a sketchbook.This book also goes into detail how the author dyes her fabrics too.Yes it would have been nice if the author had put in designs, but if she wants to keep her design copyright protected I totally understand and respect her rights to do that.I appreciate that the author has put her heart and soul in creative this most comprehensive and easy to understand book and I am sincerely grateful to her for publishing her work for me to learn from.If you are intimidated by not being able to draw an animal, there is nothing to stop you tracing a photo that you have taken or use a copy right free photograph and transfer that onto fabric.This book is so rich with information, ideas and design tips.This tutor is trying to teach people that you don’t need to rely solely on patterns, once you start on your design journey. This process of finding how to create patterns and ideas yourself will open so many new doors of self improvement in your designs work that is uniquely yours, your own true style. It’s very much the ethos of City and Guilds embroidery in the UK, and this tutor is from the UK.I want to sincerely thank this author for the best embroidery book I have ever read and I appreciate how much hard work has gone into producing all this amazing work!Please don’t be cross with the author that there are no patterns. There is an amazing world outside which we have access to and to start to learn more from nature and sketching it in a sketchbook, this is how Beatrice Potter learned how to create her famous drawings and paintings of magnificent magical animals. I couldn’t draw to begin with. I did some online beginners drawing lessons and I slowly learned. The more you learn to look and to sketch the better you will become! It’s all just practice and being patient with yourself in your learning journey.

Perfeito, encantador, páginas maravilhosas!