In August 2017, my husband and I visited the Diocesan Museum in Brixen and the Stadtmuseum Klausen, both in Northern Italy. These museums have spectacular collections of historical embroidery with several pieces on display. You can read more on that specific road trip in this blog post. What caught my Read more
For the past couple of months, I have been investigating a particular silk embroidery technique from Tyrol. In lieu of a better name, I called it ‘Italian couching’. Since this name is already taken in the embroidery universe for not one, but two very different embroidery techniques, I have dropped Read more
When I visited the Diözesanmuseum Brixen in Italy last year, I was captivated by linen vestments embroidered with brightly coloured silks. They weren’t particularly old or made with extraordinary skill. But to me, it just screamed: FUN to embroider. And I had seen this technique before on an unfinished sampler in the Read more
As part of the ‘Samt und Seide 1000-1914. Eine Reise durch das Historische Tirol’ (Velvet and Silk 1000-1914. A trip through historical Tyrol) exhibitions organised by the European Textile Academy, my husband and I visited Brixen/Bressanone and Klausen/Chiusa. We were completely blown away by the high-quality embroidered textiles we saw and Read more