Painting With a Needle: Learning the Art of Silk Embroidery With Young Yang Chung - Softcover

Chung, Young Yang

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0810992531 ISBN 13: 9780810992535

Publisher: "Harry N. Abrams, Inc.", 2006

Synopsis

Young Yang Chung-master embroiderer, renowned scholar of East Asian textile arts, and gifted teacher-here reveals not only the secrets of silk embroidery, but also the colorful history behind the ancient art in Korea, China, and Japan. Just as important as learning its history is mastering its fundamentals, and there is no better guide than Chung. She shows how to "paint with a needle" in 19 projects she designed, with detailed, step-by-step instructions, glorious color photographs, diagrams, and color charts. The instructions have been written with beginners in mind, but highly advanced embroiderers will find plenty to challenge them as well.

About this title

About the Author:

Young Yang Chung, world-renowned master embroiderer, was born and raised in Korea, where she founded The International Embroidery School and established Korea's first vocational embroidery center. She now lives in the United States, dividing her time between New York City and Larchmont, New York.

About this edition

• Publisher: "Harry N. Abrams, Inc."
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0810992531
• ISBN 13: 9780810992535
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176