A flock of birds come alive in the skilled hands of Fu Xianghong, a master of Su embroidery known for her flower-and-bird works (GAO ERQIANG / CHINA DAILY) “Only when I take the needle out and touch ...

Two artists in Kentucky designed a summer workshop for teens called The School of Needlework for Disobedient Women, using embroidery as an avenue to explore feminism, activism and self-expression.

Back in the 1970s, I lived for a time in a neighborhood nestled in a Shanghai longtang - the old residential alleyway. Every morning, between 4 and 6 am, a peculiar scene would unfold: Residents ...

Embroidery. Needlework. Stitchery. If you’re suddenly picturing an elderly lady bent over miniscule threads, needling them through cloth barely illuminated by a flickering candle — you might want to ...

NMAHTEX copy 39088019431311 inscribed by the author. American Indian porcupine quill embroidery -- Indian bead needlework -- Indian applique, Alaskan fishskin needlework -- Early stump work, silk and ...

Transforming needlework from a craft into an art form that expresses ideas, Zou's artworks show that an ancient craft, perfected over 1,000 years, can still whisper startlingly new ideas. [Photo by ...

Puleng Segalo receives funding from the National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences. In June 2020, three months after South Africa entered the first of a series of hard lockdowns to slow ...

Born in Zhenhu in the west of Suzhou's new district, known as the cradle of Su embroidery, Zou began learning the technique at the age of 6 beside her mother's embroidery frame. Dating back more than ...

“Are you a stitcher or a knitter?” This is one of the first questions Dolores Dempsey asks visitors to the Mountmellick Embroidery and Heritage Museum. As the voluntary curator of this small museum in ...