Shanxi’s folk embroidery is known for its unique art, simple patterns, colors, compositions, and diverse, delicate needlework. The embroidery is mainly done by rural women and is most ...

Hungarian design student Zsanett Szirmay has transferred folk embroidery patterns onto strips for a punched card music box, which plays the traditional motifs as sounds (+ slideshow). For her ...

This form of embroidery utilizes multicolored threads, mirrors, seashells, and a variety of stitch patterns on loosely woven fabrics. Artisans skillfully stitch together small patches of fabric to ...

Embroidery patterns and needlework techniques abound ... Day in 2015 as a non-profit dedicated to safeguarding the folk art and culture around the vyshyvanka craft. Since the outbreak of the ...

To keep the ties with her home region alive, she taught herself the art of tatreez, a form of folk ... “Syrian designs also tend to be asymmetrical, so you’ll see a lot of embroidery on ...

Ren Wei makes an embroidery work at her studio ... years collecting and restoring the traditional patterns by visiting numerous archives and folk artists. For her, the art should be integrated ...

Thanks to artists over the decades, the hair embroidery has embraced numerous innovations, such as using dyed hairs instead ...

From exquisite craftsmanship to traditional Chinese medicine, from solemn rituals to vibrant folk ... embroidery techniques in Southwest China's Guizhou Province. Photo: VCG Decorated with ...