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Hmong women at a market in Sapa, Vietnam. Hmong Textile Art consists of traditional and modern textile arts and crafts produced by the Hmong people.Traditional Hmong textile examples include hand-spun hemp cloth production, basket weaving, batik dyeing, and a unique form of embroidery known as flower cloth or Paj Ntaub in the Hmong language RPA.
The patterns used range from geometric tribal motifs to figurative patterns of humans and animals. Clamp resist dyeing is used by the Kuba. Raphia panels are folded to form a cube and then clamped and dip dyed. The clamps are removed after dyeing to reveal the resist pattern in natural raphia against the usually black dyed background.
Aran knitting patterns are heavily textured knitting patterns which are named after the Aran Islands, which are located off the west coast of Ireland from County Galway and County Clare. The patterns are knitted into socks, hats, vests, scarves, mittens, afghans, pillow covers, [ 1 ] and, most commonly, sweaters.
The pattern of two wide columns of interlacing is a long-standing favourite Shoowa theme. The manner in which the broad columnar outlines are formed by multiple dark and light rows of stem stitching, interspersed with tiny light and dark plush motifs, called tunjoko, is another characteristic of Shoowa style.
The variation reflects the deep connection between tatreez and Palestinian heritage - motifs depict the environment, history, and even daily life of Palestinians. Tree of life: Also known as the cypress, this motif is one of the most popular, seen across regions. Symbolizing longevity, resilience, and stability, the cypress tree is often ...
Folk costume, traditional dress, traditional attire or folk attire, is clothing associated with a particular ethnic group, nation or region, and is an expression of cultural, religious or national identity.
A pakudos symbol. A pakudos is a visual motif used by the Hanunuo Mangyan people of Mindoro in the Philippines.Pakudos are characterized by symmetrical, aesthetic, and orderly utilization of lines and space with equal utilization of vertical and horizontal composition. [1]
A wycinanka pattern from Lublin, 1915. Vytynanky (Витина́нки) in Ukraine or Wycinanki ([vɨt͡ɕiˈnaŋkʲi]) in Poland or Vycinanki (Выцінанкі) in Belarus, is a Slavic version of the art form of papercutting, popular in Belarus, Poland, and Ukraine.