Painting with a Needle: Learning the Art of Silk Embroidery with Young Yang Chung

by Young Yang Chung

Book Overview

Reveals not only the author's secrets of craft and artistry, but also the colourful and vital history behind the ancient art of silk embroidery in Korea, China, and Japan. She guides readers through the fundamentals of her craft, showing readers how to paint with a needle as artisans in East Asia have for millennia.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810992531
• ISBN13: 9780810992535
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 10.3" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary