Goldwork

An Embroidered Podea of the Ascension

Introduction Today I am presenting a reproduction of a 16th century style Russian podea, or embroidered icon. Icons such as…

In my previous post, I talked about how I started creating my leather laurel circlet. Now that the leather was…

I’ve typically been a bit of a “stealth Laurel,” but after seeing some of the Laurel wreaths worn by my…

Today, I’d like to share with you the following article: Новицкая, М.А. “Золотная вышивка Киевской Руси.” Byzantinoslavica, 1972(33), pp. 42-50.…

The title of this work was perhaps the hardest part to translate. Dragotsennost’ is typically used to mean “gemstone”, but clearly…

In 1981, a burial mound in southern Russia near Chingul was excavated. The archeologists working on the site found a…

This article provides an overview of archeological finds of goldwork embroidery fragments from medieval Russia. This includes some of the…

The location of this information has moved, and I’m still in the process of updating all my links. Please see…

This article by E. Yu. Katasonova is a great overview of medieval Russian goldwork embroidery. It covers mentions of goldwork…

The article traces the history of origin of ecclesiastical embroidery in Ancient Russia, the use of works of embroidery in…