My Trip to Suzhou posted on April 30 2015 in Chinese Embroidery, Suzhou Embroidery
Thought I would share some pictures from my recent trip to Suzhou that was filled with local culture and many beautiful embroideries...
Embroidery at Suzhou Museum
Pond at the Suzhou Museum
A Beautiful Painted Fan
Embroidery
Local Suzhou Scene
Home of a Tapestry dealer
Tapestry loom
My Chinese Botanical Project posted on January 27 2015 in Chinese Embroidery
Here's my new Chinese embroidery project. This was intended as a set of four botanical embroideries. of orchids, cymbidiums, carnations and paradise bird. I decided to do them two at a time and am working on the other two at the moment. Stay tuned!
Orchids + Cymbidiums
Here are two progress shots:
Some closer shots:
Detail
Detail
I put in a signature to make it look more like a botanical print :)