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This afternoon my girlfriend and I went to this exhibition at the Ethnographic Museum. We are going to have to go back, because we spent an hour there and didn't see half of the displays—there was a lot to see, and we needed to read and discuss all the information! Luckily, the museum is free, so we just have to find the time.

I really liked how the exhibition starts with an overview of fourteen different embroidery techniques used by Miao women embroiderers, leading with their technical skill. It was also made clear that this isn't a fossilised folk tradition, but a living craft that adapts with the times. There were illuminated magnifiying glasses next to each example, so you could really appreciate the fine details. In the second picture, you can see appliqué of shapes cut from silk felt, which is apparently produced by a technique of sericulture whereby the moths don't make coccoons, but patches of this felted material. I want to look up more information on this!

Another cool thing they had was a little sewing station, where you could sit and try out the different types of stitches. They're holding workshops, as well, and displaying some of the attendees' work (picture 3). Hopefully my girlfriend, who does a lot of different fibre arts and crafts, will be able to go to the last one in the series. She was very excited that the museum still has threads from Zwicky, which got taken over by another company in 2001.


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