The centuries-old craft historically served as a form of visual language and cultural identity, with specific patterns and colors indicating the wearer’s regional origin, social ranking and marital ...
The artist behind an international art project to produce a gown featuring work from 202 artisans from 28 countries has shared some of the inside stories from the decade-long project. British artist ...
An exhibition of Palestinian dress and embroidery is set to open at V&A Dundee, as the city marks 45 years since it was twinned with Nablus in the West Bank. Thread Memory: Embroidery From Palestine ...
An artist has said her dress embroidery project has globally connected women from different cultures. Kirstie Macleod from Somerset started The Red Dress project to help marginalised women tell their ...