Color embroidery

Tenango is a characteristic color embroidery on a plain canvas of the Otomi Indians who inhabit the Mexican state of Hidalgo. It is the hallmark of the entire country. The technology dates back to the 60s of the last century, when the region was hit by a terrible drought that destroyed a significant ...

There is a lot of entertaining and fascinating stories in my handmade life. So I decided to share some of them with you?! So, story number 1. "Bargello".   I saw this embroidery for the first time more than 30 years ago, in the late 80s. Ordinary people didn't have an acces to the ...

Tenango is a monochrome canvas embroidery of Otomi Indians from the Mexican state of Hidalgo. It is a hallmark of the entire country. The technology originated in the 60-ies of the last century when the region was hit by a terrible drought that destroyed much of the harvest. Caught in a deep ...