As a medium embroidery and other textile based arts have not been considered an art form during most of the past, or even the present. These media were related to women's work in the house and seen as mere domestic crafts, and thus were of no importance to the male-dominated world of western arts until the rise of feminism. New forms of embroidery and textile arts were developed within the overbearing stereotype in the past decades.
Lately, there is a rise in the use of embroidery as seen in arts and social media, in a stronger political and feminist context. Read more about this subject here.
Lately, there is a rise in the use of embroidery as seen in arts and social media, in a stronger political and feminist context. Read more about this subject here.