Tag: embroidery

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92-Year-Old Grandmother Makes Stunningly Intricate Temari Balls

A ninety-two-year-old-grandmother from Japan creates stunning embroidered balls known as “temari,” (meaning “hand ball” in Japanese) which showcase a skill she learned in her sixties. A traditional folk art, which was conceived in Japan in the 7th century, the craft is tedious and highly demanding craft. The unknown woman has constructed 500 unique designs, which are photographed by her granddaughter NanaAkua. Overall these beautiful trinkets are a symbol of happy life and good fortune, which originate from friendship and loyalty. 

Tarot of the North Atlantic

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Hey y’all my Internet friend Lee made a gorgeous fabric art Tarot deck of ocean creatures and you should definitely buy one! It’s unbelievably gorgeous. (I mean, look at that Magician, JUST LOOK AT IT.) The art is already finished and the Kickstarter is just funding the printing of the decks.

I’ve been following the development of this deck card by card, and it’s gloriously beautiful, in addition to being the first fabric deck I’ve come across since the Enchanted Tarot (another gorgeous deck that uses the texture of fabric to bring the tarot to life).
Tarot of the North Atlantic