Embroidery with a Cause: Ten-year Anniversary of Semne Cusute [Sewn Signs]

The article is presenting the art project Semne cusute (Sewn Signs), focusing on on traditional embroidery’s patterns’ revival, and launched in 2012. It has already reached a community of 44,000 members. It is an enterprise that brings together cultural and artistic actions, embedded as heritage pro...

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Main Author: Ioana Corduneanu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National Museum of the Romanian Peasant 2022-11-01
Series:Martor
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Online Access:http://martor.muzeultaranuluiroman.ro/archive/martor-27-2022/2022_13/
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description The article is presenting the art project Semne cusute (Sewn Signs), focusing on on traditional embroidery’s patterns’ revival, and launched in 2012. It has already reached a community of 44,000 members. It is an enterprise that brings together cultural and artistic actions, embedded as heritage project. During all these years Semne cusute’s activity has been presented to the public by means of exhibitions, and educational workshops. The members of the community embroider to emphasize the need to preserve and teach ancient symbols, but also to coin their country (Romania) on the international map of luxury embroidery, responsible fashion, and European heritage.
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spelling doaj.art-aae8d28c09ed4ea7aa7a2f6f337bdb4f2022-12-22T03:39:45ZengNational Museum of the Romanian PeasantMartor1224-62712734-83502022-11-012717919110.57225/martor.2022.27.13Embroidery with a Cause: Ten-year Anniversary of Semne Cusute [Sewn Signs]Ioana Corduneanu0Swen Signs Association, RomaniaThe article is presenting the art project Semne cusute (Sewn Signs), focusing on on traditional embroidery’s patterns’ revival, and launched in 2012. It has already reached a community of 44,000 members. It is an enterprise that brings together cultural and artistic actions, embedded as heritage project. During all these years Semne cusute’s activity has been presented to the public by means of exhibitions, and educational workshops. The members of the community embroider to emphasize the need to preserve and teach ancient symbols, but also to coin their country (Romania) on the international map of luxury embroidery, responsible fashion, and European heritage. http://martor.muzeultaranuluiroman.ro/archive/martor-27-2022/2022_13/embroiderytraditioncultural heritageromaniacultural project
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Embroidery with a Cause: Ten-year Anniversary of Semne Cusute [Sewn Signs]
Martor
embroidery
tradition
cultural heritage
romania
cultural project
title Embroidery with a Cause: Ten-year Anniversary of Semne Cusute [Sewn Signs]
title_full Embroidery with a Cause: Ten-year Anniversary of Semne Cusute [Sewn Signs]
title_fullStr Embroidery with a Cause: Ten-year Anniversary of Semne Cusute [Sewn Signs]
title_full_unstemmed Embroidery with a Cause: Ten-year Anniversary of Semne Cusute [Sewn Signs]
title_short Embroidery with a Cause: Ten-year Anniversary of Semne Cusute [Sewn Signs]
title_sort embroidery with a cause ten year anniversary of semne cusute sewn signs
topic embroidery
tradition
cultural heritage
romania
cultural project
url http://martor.muzeultaranuluiroman.ro/archive/martor-27-2022/2022_13/
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