Old technology in new splendor

 

Glaze embroidery, as a part of gold embroidery was developed as early as the 14th century for the design of clerical garments.

 

In glaze embroidery, fragile gold or silver threads are laid parallel on a very finely woven textile substrate and fastened with small overlapping stitches at right angles.

The gold thread consists of a thin, gold-plated metal strip that is wrapped around a core of artificial silk.
The silver thread consists of a thin silver-plated metal strip that is wrapped around a core of artificial silk.
The motif is created through the densely placed overlay stitches made of thin colored cotton thread. So you can create a surface with a variety of shades with just one color.
Glaze is a coloring effect that lets the surface (gold or silver threads) flash through again and again.
The glaze embroidery with thin gold or silver threads - usually only 0.5 mm in diameter - requires high accuracy in setting the threads and numerous hours for creating a small motif.

The gold or silver base gives the picture brilliant and active surface.
If the viewer changes the viewing angle, the variying angles of incidence and refletion of the light create an attractive tilting effect.