A table, good light, patience. Atelier Roseline is built around a craft that needs little more than that.
Story
The atelier began in Istanbul in 2019 with a single rose pattern. That first piece took four months; our works are still stitched at the same pace, at the same tables, with the same care.
Cross-stitch is often seen as a pastime. We approach it as painting: thinking in composition, light and gradations of colour. Every piece is designed and framed as an object to stay on a wall for a lifetime.
Process
Every composition is drawn in the atelier, starting from old weavings, tiles or a landscape. The drawing is then charted, stitch by stitch, onto a grid.
From hundreds of DMC shades we choose the palette that will carry the light of the piece, and prepare blends that join two shades on one needle.
Every cross stitch is made by hand; no machines are involved. A large work means hundreds of thousands of stitches and hundreds of hours.
The work is washed, blocked and laced onto an acid-free board, then set behind museum glass in a hand-chosen frame and signed.
Materials
The atelier can be visited by appointment to see the works in person.
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