Embroidery is the unique art of decorating fabric using needles, threads, beads and various other things using different stitching techniques. It involves creating patterns and designs by hand and ...

Photo shows an embroidery work on Xuan paper created by Zhang Yan, one of Gu Yuchun's disciple. It's a regular script in small characters, as used in Chinese calligraphy exercises.

"Supplement: ... Chinese art symbols ... drawn from the Chinese originals for Oriental culture chart 12, by Francess Hawley Seyssel" siris_sil_13897 ...

Xuan paper is soft but fragile. After years of research, Gu has developed a tougher Xuan paper. Usually, before the embroidery work, Gu first sketches on the Xuan paper and then fixes it on an ...