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Beadwork is the art or craft of attaching beads to one another by stringing them onto a thread or thin wire with a sewing or beading needle or sewing them to cloth. [1] Beads are produced in a diverse range of materials, shapes, and sizes, and vary by the kind of art produced.
Martha Berry was born in 1948 and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma. [4] She is a registered tribal citizen of the Cherokee Nation. [4] Berry's grandmother and mother taught her how to sew and embroider at age five. [4]
In the context of sewing, an appliqué refers to a needlework technique in which patterns or representational scenes are created by the attachment of smaller pieces of fabric to a larger piece of contrasting colour or texture. [4] [5] Good textiles for appliqué are durable and don't easily fray, like felt and leather. [6]
Wooden fish are often (in Chinese temples) placed on the left of the altar, alongside a bell bowl, its metal percussion counterpart. Wooden fish often rest on a small embroidered cushion to prevent unpleasant knocking sounds caused from the fish lying on the surface of a hard table or ground, as well as to avoid damage to the instrument.