Stepping into the halls of the old Presidential residence in Mexico City, Mexico this month was like walking into a kaleidoscope, with thousands of pieces of multicoloured embroidery covering the ...

Elina Chauvet engages in “Confianza” (2013–), a silent public performance where she embroiders on a white wedding dress, in various places. (all photos courtesy the artist, Galería 1204, and MAD54, ...

When Cristina Lynch speaks about embroidery, she doesn’t describe it as a trend or a technique; instead, she views it as a timeless art form. She speaks of it as a living archive, a language of ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Otomi embroidery is a unique embroidered practice that has been passed down for generations to women of Otomi descent,” says ...

MEXICO CITY, Mexico (GPI)--Edith López inserts her sewing needle into a white cloth in Mexico City, Mexico's capital. Stitch-by-stitch, she embroiders the story of Gloria, a woman whose husband doused ...

What?! You didn’t know there was a such a thing as Mexican embroidery thread?! Okay, neither did we — ’til our friend Kathy “Crafty Chica” Cano-Murillo let slip that Mario Ramos is her favorite local ...

A group of women have so far embroidered almost 200 patches of names and aim to embroider all the names of women killed by femicide in Morelos since 2015 It started with the killing of 25-year-old ...

Mérida, Yucatán.- Artisans from 12 municipalities presented the Maya Yucatecan Embroidery Safeguard Plan, developed by themselves with the technical support of UNESCO, the auspices of the Banorte ...

If Mexico’s Tulum and Oaxaca rank high on your list of favorite vacation spots, Cristina Lynch’s upbringing will sound particularly dreamy. Growing up, her Dallas home was filled with several decades’ ...