Learning how to embroider is easy, and best of all, it’s possible to make a huge variety of artwork with even the simplest stitches. In fact, creating a design to embroider can be more difficult than ...

Embroidery is a common practice for household textiles by women artisans in Afghanistan. Among the various forms of embroidery, khamak is one of the most distinguished and intricate ones. Khamak is a ...

The longevity silk unearthed from Mawangdui Han Tomb in Changsha, capital of Central China's Hunan province. [Photo by Hunan Museum/Provided to Xinhua] New embroidery patterns have been identified ...

Bead Embroidery and Timeless Embroidery Designs for Everyday Style: By Aditya Migom Doley Embroidery has always been that craft which quietly holds its ground in fashion. It’s not just about ...

SAN NICOLÁS, Mexico — A mystery lies behind the origin of the distinctive forms depicted in the elaborate embroidery stitched in San Nicolás, a pinprick of a mountain village in the central Mexican ...

Traditional embroidery (chasu) in Korea has a history of more than 2,000 years. Since prehistoric times, the need for sewing led ancient Koreans to use needles made from fish or other animal bones to ...

Embroidery, once a painstaking craft mastered by skilled artisans, is now undergoing a remarkable transformation. From hand-stitched patterns to high-speed, precision-driven designs powered by ...

Long Nyusanjiu stitches for a tin embroidery work at her workshop in Jianhe county, Guizhou province. YANG JIAMENG/FOR CHINA DAILY Big hills and small hills, rakes and harrows, long table feasts, ...

In the D.C. region, conversations often start with, “What do you do?” WTOP’s “Working Capital” series profiles the people whose jobs make the D.C. region run. On any given day in the District, you can ...

The list of visual art mediums that I’m really bad at is long. My pottery “skills” peaked at summer camp 20 years ago, painting is about as foreign to me as contact sports (very foreign), and my ...