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A look at Miao Embroidery
“Miao embroidery is a unique and incredible skill—weaving actual metal thread into intricate patterns to create beautiful garments. A tradition over 500 years old, Miao tin embroidery is sadly a … Continue reading →
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Textiles in Christian Art at The Met Museum
One’s bias comes alive when, in the face of several beautiful works, one pays greater attention to that single categories that our hearts favor. And so, even at the Met, … Continue reading →
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Ancient Christian Art at The Met
Just photos of some amazing artworks created a few centuries ago … From the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
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Choosing A Wedding Dress – Swat Valley Textiles
Choosing is wedding dress can be tough - especially when each is a stunning work of textile art. Presenting a few vintage and antique bridal dresses from the Swat Valley region
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Ballad by the Bauls of Bengal
A glimpse of the music by the Bauls the wandering minstrels of Bengal
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Contemporary or Traditional?
Any guesses where this lovely pair of earrings might be from?
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The Art in Future Foretold – Antique Horoscope
Art in a Sanskrit Hindu Horoscope Manuscript Scroll dated 1811
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Home Decor Art: Embroidery on Pot Cushions
“Pot Cushions? What on earth is a Pot Cushion? And why would anyone put embroidery on it?!” This is the incredulous response of my friend – raised in the … Continue reading →
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Antique Tantric Phurba Carving – Available for Sale
Fourteen little pieces strung together in a necklace. Not an ordinary necklace but one that was used in rituals by tantric priests. Each is a Phurba made of Yak bone … Continue reading →
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Daily Art Fix – Beaded Hilltribe Weaving
Beaded Loin Cloth More photos of Asset #163 on wovensouls.com [Premium Access Gallery] Even though I have never woven anything, it is easy to imagine the painstaking work involved in … Continue reading →
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Dragons and Serpents from Laos – Textile Art
According to Lao mythology the Naga are the protectors of the Lao state and it is quite natural that they are found in all the forms of art practiced there. … Continue reading →
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The Weight of Art
As I was measuring this skirt worn by petite young girls, I had to do a double-take. I had just written down 130 inches – that was twice as tall … Continue reading →
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