Threads of Light: Chinese Embroidery from Suzhou and the Photography of Robert Glenn Ketchum: No. 3 (Fowler Museum Textile Series)

University Of California, Los Angeles Fowler Museum Of Cultural Histor

ISBN 10: 0930741714 / ISBN 13: 9780930741716

Published by Fowler Museum of Cultural History,U.S., 2001

About this Item

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Threads of Light: Chinese Embroidery from Suzhou and the Photography of Robert Glenn Ketchum: No. 3 (Fowler Museum Textile Series)
• Publisher: Fowler Museum of Cultural History,U.S.
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0930741714
• ISBN 13: 9780930741716
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 1140 grams

About this title

Synopsis

Intrigued with the possibility of integrating texture in his work, American landscape photographer Robert Glenn Ketchum has a long-standing collaboration with the Suzhou Embroidery Research Institute (SERI) in China. This splendidly designed volume describes the history of SERI with illustrations of its traditional embroidery and then proceeds to pair Ketchumís stunning photographic images with their exquisite embroidered counterparts. Essays locate the achievement of the Suzhou Embroidery Research Institute within the context of traditional Chinese embroidery and trace the willingness to innovate that has long characterized this remarkable institution.

About the Author

Patrick Dowdy is curator for the Freeman East Asian Studies Center at Wesleyan University. Other contributors include Zhang Meifang, Robert Glenn Ketchum, and Jo Q. Hill.