Traditional Italian Embroidery Punto Antico Ikuko Igarashi Punto Antico Dronework Hardanger - Japanese Craft Book

Release date: ‎ 2020/11/4
Language ‏ : ‎ Japanese
Book: ‎ 80 pages

Japan's first technical manual for the traditional Italian embroidery "Punto Antico".
This embroidery, which has the names punto stitch and antico ancient, is said to be the ancestor of doron work and hardanger embroidery, which involves counting the threads of cloth, pulling them out, and adding stitches.
Geometric stitching creates beautiful embroidery works that look like stone sculptures.

In the past, while techniques were passed down orally from craftsman to craftsman, there was a time when the culture was on the verge of extinction, with people saying that the crafts were so beautiful that they didn't want to teach it to anyone.
The author, who studied under Ms. Bruna Gubbini, who is working to popularize local culture in order to revive traditional culture, will deliver detailed photo explanations to the Japanese people.
Comes with a large pattern that can be used separately from the book.

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