Iskrystaller – cushion – Tanja Dinesen Skudstrup (TS)

Iskrystaller - cushion - Tanja Skudstrup (TS)

Ice Crystals - cushion - Tanja Skudstrup (TS) is an embroidery kit with a cool, calm and atmospheric winter motif. The cushion has a blue background with white ice crystals scattered across the surface in different sizes and shapes. The expression is simple, but filled with small details that bring the motif to life.

A winter motif with ice crystals, snow and light clouds

The motif shows white ice crystals against a blue background with light cloud formations. Some crystals are large and detailed, while others are small and simple. They are scattered across the surface with space between them, giving the cushion a calm and clear composition.

The blue background gives the motif depth and a soft sense of winter sky. The light cloud formations bring the background to life without taking focus away from the ice crystals. The white crystals stand out clearly and take on the character of snowflakes, frost or stars in cold, clear air.

The ice crystals are not identical. Some have fine branching details, while others have a more star-shaped or graphic expression. This suits the inspiration behind the motif beautifully, as snow crystals are known for their almost endless variation.

The first photographs of snow crystals opened up a world that otherwise disappears almost the moment we try to observe it. Suddenly, a single snowflake could be captured and studied, and its great variation became visible. A snow crystal is built around a hexagonal basic form, but from there it can develop in countless ways. Some become branched like small stars. Others resemble fine needles, thin plates or graphic patterns.

For this reason, there is also a small invitation hidden in the embroidery: When an ice crystal is repeated, change it. Just one stitch is enough. One stitch more, one stitch less or a small shift can ensure that the embroidered crystals are not completely identical either.

A cushion with the special calm of snow

Ice Crystals is not only about the shape of snowflakes. The motif is also about the particular atmosphere that snow can place over the world.

When snow rushes in from the side or falls quietly and densely from the sky, everything changes slightly. Sounds become softer. The light becomes clearer. The air feels different. The world is covered, and for a moment we have to adjust to it. We walk more slowly and look around more carefully.

Perhaps that is why old Danish winter songs such as Sneflokke kommer vrimlende and I sne står urt og busk i skjul so easily come to mind. They contain something of the same feeling as snowfall itself: the wondrous morning when you wake up and immediately sense that something has changed.

Snow also becomes something shared. Something to talk about over the hedge, with a neighbour or with a stranger you meet on your way. A brief pause in everyday life, created by millions of small ice crystals that resemble one another – and yet do not.

Embroidery kit in Original Wool

The finished cushion measures 44 x 44 cm. The square format suits the calm distribution of ice crystals in the motif well. The cushion can be used as a winter cushion on the sofa, in an armchair, in a holiday home or in a cosy corner of the home.

The motif is not tied to Christmas. This makes the cushion suitable throughout the winter, when the blue and white colours can add a clear and cool expression to the home.

The embroidery is stitched with Original Wool from Haandarbejdets Fremme. The wool yarn gives the cushion a full and soft texture that suits the winter motif well. The white ice crystals gain structure against the blue background, and the entire motif has a warm textile expression despite the cool colours.

The embroidery is stitched on Canvas 4.0. This provides a stable base for the wool embroidery and suits a cushion with clear forms and a dense, decorative expression.

Haandarbejdets Fremme and Tanja Skudstrup’s winter motif

Haandarbejdets Fremme is known for embroidery kits with fine materials, classic techniques and motifs with artistic weight. In Ice Crystals, the fullness of wool embroidery meets a simple and poetic winter motif.

Tanja Skudstrup has created a cushion where repetition and variation work together. The ice crystals return across the surface, but the motif invites you to notice the differences between them. This gives the cushion both calm and life.

Ice Crystals - cushion - Tanja Skudstrup (TS) is an embroidery kit for those who love winter motifs, blue shades and embroidery with room for both immersion and personal interpretation. The finished result becomes a beautiful cushion with quality from Haandarbejdets Fremme.