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Common, cheap and disposable, indiscriminate (in terms of the authorship)
«Kodak-type» photos are to blend with the traditional satin stitch. Stable signs of homely home, yesterday and today.
«Come day, go day, and each of them settles down on the bookshelf of Life». They make up endless albums: until the film ends, and the thread snaps.
They may be used for decoration, or as “reinforced” naïve protection against adversities of the external world. |
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Even amateur photos of a nuclear explosion look here tame and homely. And you are not afraid. |
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Volga was always famous for skilful embroideresses.
Various techniques for manual embroidery existed: white and coloured satin stitch, chain-stitch, back-stitch…
Mistresses of needlework from Kostroma, Katun, Gorodets, Cheboksary embroidered tablecloths, towels, napkins,
clothes, bed-clothes. |
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Embroidery«A party in the Ekaterinhof garden» 19 century, Kostroma. | |