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Wearable art
Wearable art, also known as Artwear, describes the making of individually designed pieces of usually hand-made clothing as artistic expressions. Pieces may be sold and/or exhibited
Artists may use purchased finished fabrics, making them into unique garments, or may dye and/or paint virgin fabric. A few artists make their own fabrics, for example on looms.
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Tomoe
A tomoe or tomoye (archaic) is a Japanese abstract shape that resembles a comma or the usual form of magatama. It is a common design element in Japanese family emblems (kamon) and corporate logos, particularly in triplicate whorls known as mitsudomoe. One mitsudomoe variant, the Hidari Gomon, is the traditional symbol of Okinawa. The […]
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The Lady and the Unicorn
The Lady and the Unicorn (French: La dame à la licorne) is the title of a cycle of French tapestries often considered one of the greatest works of art of the Middle Ages in Europe. They are estimated to have been woven in the late 15th century (c. 1490), in Flanders.
The tapestries are commonly […]
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The Hestia Tapestry
The Hestia Tapestry is a Byzantine tapestry woven from wool and linen in 6th century Egypt. It is a late representation of Hestia the Greek goddess of the hearth. The tapestry measures 44 x 53 inches and is labeled in Greek “Hestia Polyolbos”(Hestia full of Blessings). In 1945 a book discussing the symbolism and […]
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Textile art
Textile art is the creation of textiles or creation with textiles.
Textile artists use various techniques to create works of art using threads and fibres sometimes in combination with paints or dyes.
Textile arts include:
* Crochet
* Embroidery
* Feltmaking
* Knitting
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Textile art
Textile art is the creation of textiles or creation with textiles.
Textile artists use various techniques to create works of art using threads and fibres sometimes in combination with paints or dyes.
Textile arts include:
* Crochet
* Embroidery
* Feltmaking
* Knitting
[…]
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Tapestry cycle
The tapestry cycle is series of six tapestries from the late 1400s from the southern Netherlands known also as “La Dame à la Licorne”. They are housed at the Musee de Cluny, in Paris.
Copyright: Wikipedia information about Tapestry cycle – This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material […]
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The Hunt of the Unicorn
The Hunt of the Unicorn is a series of seven tapestries dating from 1495–1505. The tapestries, often referred to as the Unicorn Tapestries, show a group of noblemen and hunters in pursuit of a unicorn.
Much of the tapestries’ history is disputed and there are many theories about their original purpose and meaning, including suggestions […]
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Tapestry
Tapestry is a form of textile art. It is woven by hand on a weaving-loom. It is weft-faced weaving, which means that all the warp threads are hidden in the completed work, unlike cloth weaving where both the warp and the weft threads are visible. In this way, a colourful pattern or image is […]
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Strapwork
In the history of art and design, the term strapwork refers to a stylised representation of strips or bands of curling leather. Strapwork is a frequent element of grotesques — arabesque figures filled with fantastical creatures, garlands and other elements — which were a frequent decorative motif from the Renaissance to the 19th century […]
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