The Hoop
What you seeA star held taut in a wooden embroidery hoop with a brass screw clamp. The madder outline is worked, the indigo fill is coming down from the top, the rest is marked in pencil, and the working thread runs across the ring and off the sheet.
What it meansEmbroiderers stretch the cloth in a hoop to keep it flat and evenly tensioned while they stitch. In tatreez a motif is commonly outlined first and then filled.
Where it worksThe round frame gives the composition a natural focus, like a portrait of a single motif. Madder and indigo on warm cream read clearly from across a room.
2:3 · 7200 × 10800 px4×6 · 8×12 · 12×18 · 16×24 · 20×30 · 24×36 in
3:4 · 5400 × 7200 px6×8 · 9×12 · 12×16 · 18×24 in
4:5 · 7200 × 9000 px4×5 · 8×10 · 16×20 · 24×30 in
11:14 · 3300 × 4200 px11×14 in
A-series · 7023 × 9933 pxA5 · A4 · A3 · A2 · A1
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