Embroidery is a very long established art form in China. It was never classified as a solely female activity，and men and women have both been involved in embroidery. The items embroidered are quite diverse and include robes, theatrical costumes, purses, shoes, spectacle cases, banners, alter cloths and many other pieces. Embroidery was also used as a means of decorating silk clothing and for silk flags and banners as a means of denoting rank or station. The finest pieces of work were very expensive. Gradually, embroidery developed, as a pastime for wealthy ladies and many members of the court were renowned for their intricate work.
It is difficult to be precise as to when embroidery first was practiced in China but based on archeological excavations of tombs it at least dates back to the early Han dynasty which based itself near Lake Baikal in the early second century B.C. Many Tang embroideries continue to be preserved both in China and in Japan . One of the most famous representations of the embroiders’ artistry is the piece that came from the Thousand Buddhas at Tun Huang and that dates from the tenth Century.
There are also many fine pieces of embroidery from the Sung dynasty. We know from historical records that the Sung Emperor Hui Tsung (1101-1126) established an embroidery bureau called the “ Wen Hsiu Yuan ”. It also is well known that many of the finest pieces were copied in the Ming and Ching period and it is therefore difficult to definitely attribute many of these pieces.
Embroidery is still practiced in many sections of China . Suzhou is well known for the quality of its work. Additionally other areas have a reputation for embroidery but few can match the precision, art and charm of the work produced in China prior to the Modern period.
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first baby!!!
yes i birthed the first baby.
No, I can’t do that with my kitchen knives. And I am pretty sure I could not do it with those kitchen knives either. Could you?
Photoshop, surely?
I certainly couldn’t do that to a melon with my kitchen knives. Mine don’t have the power to make a usually hollow fruit solid.
Really beautiful work of art. Conceptually the ad too is superb…
Nice photoshop technique. Good clean transition edges. Not as believable as it could be.
what is about to happen in photo #2?
Nice ad! Although they are photoshopped. But still very nice and original