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1.About the style
As
in Assisi embroidery it is countable embroidery and the work is "voided":not
the motives are filled in, but the background. The style of these motives
is clearly Chinese. Dragons, phoenixes, bats as you can find in old Chinese
embroidery, in wood work and pottery. But they are less colorful because
the work is done in two colors: one for the contours of the motifs and
one for the background.
Immediately you can see that’s not Assisi embroidery. Still it’s
based on this style. First the work is “voided”: not the motives
are filled in, but the background. Second the motives are more or less
real animals. But the style of these motives is clearly Chinese. although
the links between the different parts of the design are missing, I think,
nevertheless, these designs have a lot of eloquence.
2.Working method
The
working method is the same as in Assisi embroidery. So you can look for
that method under the appropriate link. However, two of the three designs
I have embroidered over 2 threads instead of 3. (which make the work more
simple)
3.The designs
Some
rather big designs. I have taken Chinese motives, simplified them, turned
them in countable embroidery design, while keeping the expression. You
find the designs under the links above together with one or more working
drawings.
The
illustrations on this page are all taken from the design "dragons,
phoenixes, bats".
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