Threads of Light: Chinese Embroidery from Suzhou and the Photography of Robert Glenn Ketchum (UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History textile series, no. 3) [But will it still be beautiful? -- In pursuit of texture: a collaboration with the Suzhou Embroidery Research Institute -- Technical aspects of Suzhou embroidery]

Patrick Dowdey, Meifang Zhang, ; Jo Q. Hill ; Robert Glenn Ketchum ; David L. Fuller ; University Of California, Los Angeles Fowler Museum Of Cultural History

ISBN 10: 0930741714 / ISBN 13: 9780930741716

Published by UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, Los Angeles, Calif., 1999, 1999

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171 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm. ; ISBN 9780930741709, 9780930741716, 0930741706, 0930741714 ; OCLC 40267276 ; SIGNED PRESENTATION by author Jo Q. Hill, on flyleaf ; color photographic stiff paper wrappers ; Contents: Introduction / Zhang Meifang -- But will it still be beautiful? / Patrick Dowdey -- In pursuit of texture: a collaboration with the Suzhou Embroidery Research Institute / Robert Glenn Ketchum -- Technical aspects of Suzhou embroidery / Jo Q. Hill ; "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 volume describes the history of SERI with illustrations of its traditional embroidery and then proceeds to pair Ketchum's 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." Source: Publisher ; FINE.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Threads of Light: Chinese Embroidery from Suzhou and the Photography of Robert Glenn Ketchum (UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History textile series, no. 3) [But will it still be beautiful? -- In pursuit of texture: a collaboration with the Suzhou Embroidery Research Institute -- Technical aspects of Suzhou embroidery]
• Publisher: UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, Los Angeles, Calif., 1999
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0930741714
• ISBN 13: 9780930741716
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Book Type: Book

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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.