{"product_id":"the-pale-blue-dot","title":"Earth, the Pale Blue Dot","description":"\u003cp\u003eEarth, suspended in the vastness of space: luminous, familiar, and impossibly small. This needlepoint canvas captures our planet in miniature, with deep oceans, drifting clouds, and the dark field that surrounds them. Part of the Astronomy Collection, it is a small tribute to the world we call home—and a beautiful reminder of how precious it is.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe name comes from a photograph. On February 14, 1990, at Carl Sagan's suggestion, Voyager 1 turned its camera back toward home from nearly four billion miles away and recorded the Earth as a single point of light, less than a pixel wide, caught in a scattered ray of sun. Sagan called it the pale blue dot, and the phrase has stood ever since for everything the picture holds: every person who has ever lived, on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFinished as a framed miniature, an ornament, or one of a full Astronomy series, this canvas is especially lovely for stargazers, teachers, scientists, and anyone who has looked up at night and felt both small and at home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS\u003cbr\u003e— Mesh count: 18\u003cbr\u003e— Skill level: Advanced\u003cbr\u003e— Canvas size: 8 x 8 inches\u003cbr\u003e— Finishing suggestions: Framed miniature, ornament, or a piece in a full Astronomy series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKIT OPTIONS\u003cbr\u003e1. Canvas Only — the printed canvas alone, for needleworkers kitting from their own stash.\u003cbr\u003e2. Kit with DMC Pearl Cotton #5 — the canvas plus everything needed to begin. Kit includes coordinating DMC Pearl Cotton #5 pre-selected in each design color, a tapestry needle in the right size for the mesh, a needle threader, embroidery scissors, a mesh stash bag, and a color-keyed insert card.\u003cbr\u003e3. Kit with Pepper Pot Silk — the canvas with hand-dyed Pepper Pot Silk in each design color, along with the same tools and color-keyed insert card.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGIFTING\u003cbr\u003eA thoughtful gift for astronomers, science teachers, space enthusiasts, and anyone who loves the night sky. Also lovely as a graduation gift, a birthday gift, or a keepsake for a first home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePierrepont is a Brooklyn needlepoint atelier devoted to everlasting beauty. Inspired by classical and painterly traditions, each needlepoint canvas is designed to become your very own work of art.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pierrepont","offers":[{"title":"8 x 8 inches \/ Canvas Only","offer_id":43184928260171,"sku":null,"price":96.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"8 x 8 inches \/ Kit with DMC Pearl Cotton","offer_id":43184928292939,"sku":null,"price":136.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"8 x 8 inches \/ Kit with Pepper Pot Silk","offer_id":43184928325707,"sku":null,"price":196.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/0106\/1451\/files\/il_1588xN.8351895616_ngdr.jpg?v=1789156011","url":"https:\/\/www.pierrepontneedlepoint.com\/products\/the-pale-blue-dot","provider":"Pierrepont","version":"1.0","type":"link"}