Needle and Thread: The Aesthetics of the East

Delicate, understated, and a thousand-year-old embroidery art

What is Suzhou Embroidery?

'As the top of the four famous embroideries and the name card of the representative intangible cultural heritage of China, Su embroidery has exquisite craftsmanship, diverse themes, elegant colours'(Xu et al, 2023, p.20). Suzhou embroidery originated in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, and is one of the four famous embroideries in China. Its stitching techniques are exquisite, adept at depicting flowers, birds, figures, and landscapes, especially renowned for its "double-sided embroidery." It is both a craft and a continuation of cultural aesthetics.

Make Suzhou embroidery interactive

Using Touch Designer to create an effect similar to 'weaving', allowing the audience to experience the production process from 0 to 1, and visualizing the Suzhou embroidery works, enhancing interactivity. The audience can control the weaving progress using the mouse in the source file.

Suzhou Embroidery Techniques

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Suzhou Embroidery Detail

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Cultural Heritage

'Whether as daily necessities or as works of art for appreciation, Suzhou embroidery pieces all possess high artistic value, especially those for art appreciation...(China national arts and crafts society, 2021, np).