Architecture and art demonstrating a decorative yet disciplined aesthetic. Parallel and perpendicular lines alternate with orderly, harmonious curves inspired by local nature. Away from the city centre, a temple welcomes you to a past era taking inspiration from Shindo Textile Europe’s stretch ribbons. Gazzella by Azzurra draws inspiration from the votive statuettes protecting homes to create a refined blue and gold velvet. Water as clear as the fabric by Hurel pours evenly into the teapot during a painstakingly followed ritual. Detailed flowers and shapes are reproduced in traditional sweets as intricate as embroidery by Forza Giovane Art. Red and gold flood into view, from J-Val taking inspiration from the gilded images embellishing traditional costumes, and from Sophie Hallette, inspired by the beauty of old doors. Writing is also a graphic art, complex ideograms are painted onto cloth paper with black ink, like a fabric by Dinamo Contemporary Fabrics. Centuries-old bronze, now oxidised, adds bright colour to a Lizybiz fabric, rather like the mythological animals guarding sacred entrances. Ebtex Bertini draws on the fantastical sculpted figures populating Chinese culture to create a fabric engraved as though it were stone, while the wood-lined interiors of temples have the same regularity as the embroidery by Quake - Minervahub.
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