Achievement Presentation of the Cross Century Embroidery and Creative Industry Development Plan: Ninth Avenue Embroidery Industry Flagship Exhibition

On 20 December 2006 (Wed), the Ministry of Education (MOE) organized the Achievement Presentation of the Cross Century Embroidery and Creative Industry Development Plan: Ninth Avenue Embroidery Industry Flagship Exhibition for the Global Embroidery Research and Development Center of Tainan University of Technology to present their achievements of Academic Year 2006. The wide variety of embroidery-derivative products displayed at the exhibition attracted the attention and interests of many industrialists.

Description of works displayed at the exhibition:

52 works on God in embroidery

Feminist and domestic are the first impression on embroidery to most. Embroidery in modern time is no more family needlework but works of art asking for color matching, structure accordance and creativity. Instead of using water or oil colors as in paintings, embroidery uses embroidering threads. Moreover, it is a profession which allows people to learn concentration, focus and faith. Modern embroidery expresses the thoughts of embroiderers through design concepts, symbols, colors and even body language. It is an interdisciplinary science which combines embroidery, art and science.

Jewelry Embroidery

The jewelry embroidery includes a necklace and a pair of earrings made by Professor Zhang Mei-yuen of the Global Embroidery Research and Development Center with the first knitting technique in embroidery art therapy and becomes the beloved of most audiences. The handkerchief is made with the lost Byzantine technique to depict the future premium handkerchief embroidery industry in Taiwan.

Princess Levine’s Candy House in Embroidery

Have you seen biscuits, sweets and chocolate in embroidery? You can even smell the fragrance from this creative embroidery work, including the fragrance of the strawberry, orange and assorted fruits, allowing audiences to see and to taste the fruit in the work and busy modern men to enjoy a soul afternoon tea after work.

Portrait Embroidery T-shirt House using robot arm

Students of the Portrait Embroidery with Robot Arm Degree Program of Tainan University of Technology are all computer experts who can create any embroidery works with a DSC, different imaging software products and embroidery software products. Personalization and customization are the goals of the degree program.

Taiwanese Poetry in Embroidery using robot arm

It is another masterpiece of students of the Portrait Embroidery with Robot Arm Degree Program of Tainan University of Technology. Under the supervision of Associate Professor Fang Yao-qian, there were countless laughter and tears through the process of training students who could barely speak Taiwanese to expressing a Taiwanese poetry in terms of embroidery.

Embroidery Furniture House

Different embroidery techniques are applied to extend furniture design. With embroidery, the daily life, art and culture are combined, and the art of embroidery culture also fused with the everyday lives of the public. Works at the exhibition are displayed in mini models to predict the tremendous development space of embroidery furniture where a new furniture purchasing model which is valuable, collectable and value guaranteed will thus formed.

Embroidery Engagement Music Box

Embroidery is a soft industry featuring the romantic artistic characteristics. By extending its application, it can be used in engagement music box. When the tender of embroidery is combined to the wonderful music from the music box, the sweet and romantic mood that touches the soul of fiancées will strengthen their will of the engagement.

Taiwan in Metamorphosis

The valley in the Taiwan in Metamorphosis is made with the bark of the melaleuca trees in Tainan University of Technology and the brick stitch to turn the sisal hemp into a cocoon. Butterflies in different colors represent the fellow citizens in Taiwan striving for growth together. It is a 4-month work of Jao-rong depicting the wish of youth through embroidery.

European Accessory Market

Brilliant and elegant European accessories are expressed with the unique European stitches. Different types of embroidery are used to present the individuality of accessories, from the Relief Embroidery Hairpin, the British Arithmetic Embroidery Necklace, Relief Jewelry Embroidery Earrings, Combined European Techniques Embroidery Belt, to the hand-carrying Traditional Edge Embroidery Briefcase, and the 3D Embroidery Brooch, and the Handkerchief with decorations on many sides, every work is a perfect decoration of modern life!

Embroidery Fan

It is a combination of the traditional edge embroidery of indigenous people in Taiwan and the decoration fan of ancient European people. The embroidery costume of the Lukai chief in the 19th century made with the canvas technique of Europe is sensational. The traditional cross stitch of modern indigenous people in Taiwan was an embroidery technique from Europe. It is a fact in front of us. After the uncompromised search of this center, we found 127 edge embroidery techniques of indigenous people among countless embroidery techniques of the Austronesian tribes and blended their mythologies and legends to this creative work.