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Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Embroidery, then and now

Five-clawed lung dragon from 18th Century emperor's robe
from the 1977 The Complete International Book of Embroidery

Embroidery then,


1850 creation from the 1963 Woman's Day Book of American Needlework





Images 1966 BHG Stitchery and Crafts

Embroidery now - this Facebook page of Interlaced-Textile-Arts highlights contemporary embroidery, one such example of that by designer and artist Marijke van Welzen.


And another fabric artist ~


Stephaniekellyclark.wix.com
Who "paints with thread."




Ever enduring embroidery -



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