Silk Thread Martyrs

I know I'am late with this post but I can't resist sharing it after my rediscovery of it, its too beautiful not to.

Silk Thread Martyrs by Omar Joseph Nasser-Khoury

A collection of 22 pieces inspired by Palestinian costume and embroidery and produced in collaboration with Palestinian embroiderers, and hand dyed.

Reviving the dying Art of Kurar.

Photos found via Kurar house photo gallery.

Kurar is a type of embroidery using gold thread, Kurar House in Bahrain has set up as a venue to revive this dying technique, providing a space for the elderly women with the knowledge of Kurar to pass it on to a younger generation.

This complicated technique requires a minium of three women working togeather to produce a kurar ribbon.