Size of completed picture: 22 Count Aida -> 28.85cm x 75.62cm (11.36" x 29.77") 93 colours
 
Corvidae Stang is about the energy and magic that is found within big cities. Corvids of all kinds successfully make their homes in cities, and for magical people are often a omen or something to pay attend to.
 
This Piece is about how to notice the fauna and flora that inhabits out cities and towns, but to also notice what magic is found in cities and towns. The stang is situated Infront of a short stone tall, in the background you can see tall city buildings. Is the stang in that liminal space between the city and suburbs? Or is it in an industrial area on the outskirts of the city before you get to the suburbs. This stang brings a sense of the liminal those magical places between city and suburbs, suburbs and country side, city and industrial areas. 
 
Where have you found liminal spaces in your town or city?

A Stang is a forked staff, that is made from a forked branch. these can be carried around like a staff, and used as a portable altar, focus for a quick hedgy ritual or as the bases for a shrine, as they are portrayed in this art.
 
I created the originals as applique textile tapestries. The inspiration was to create something that was sacred, connected and rich with magical symbolism, and could be a doorway to the magic and spirit of what is depicted and that the witch or magical practitioner could invite into their working space or home 
 
These are not beginner cross stitch patterns, they are advanced, because of the size, and number of colours so they are quite complex.  At the same time if you have created a few cross stitches from patterns and are familiar with but do not class yourself as advance, and are determined enough you could totally create stitch this pattern. 
 
The idea behind these patterns was that people could create these as an act of devotion to whom ever is depicted.  In this case it is the Spirit of the city Corvidae
 
200 x 524 Stitches
18 Aida Fabric
Finished Tapestry is about 28 x 74cm in size (so a little smaller than the orginal) 
52 different colours of DMC thread (listed in the pdf) 
Zip File contains,  a pdf pattern with numbers and letters, and colours, that is printed out and stuck together on A4 paper.  a jpeg of an aproximation of the finished piece.  (computer generated) and a jpeg of the orginal.