Etsy - BroiderieStitch Aquilegia Purple & White Temari Ball, Traditional Japanese Woven Star Christmas Ornament
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Description
This Japanese temari ball is hand embroidered with alternating white & red-purple stars set off against a base of slate grey & makes for a striking addition to any temari collection. The golden marking threads catch the light & shine as the ball is rotated. Temari is an ancient art, originally Chinese, but introduced to Japan five or six hundred years ago & it has remained a cultural mainstay. Temari were originally a toy for a child to play with, crafted by their mother out of cast-off scraps of silk & old kimonos. The scraps of cloth were wrapped in hundreds of yards of thread & then stitched sturdily together, often so firmly that they would bounce! Over time, the stitching became more decorative & beautiful. The introduction of rubber severely hurt the commonplace temari, but elevated it to an art form. Practiced by aristocracy & nobles, temari balls became a very special gift. in Japanese tradition, a mother would craft a beautiful temari for her daughter on New Year's, a principal holiday in Japan. The designs are varied & beautiful, & often employ brilliant, jewel-like colors & metallic threads, as a wish for the recipient's life to be just as brilliant. Modern temari may be crafted with Styrofoam bases, however these are made in the traditional manner, with scraps of cloth formed into a ball & wrapped in layers upon layers of yarn & thread. A three-inch temari may have enough sewing thread to go all the way across a football field - four times! This temari is embroidered in softly graduated shades of red-purple & white in a counterchange pattern. It measures nearly two & three-quarter inches in diameter, (eight & a half in circumference) & comes with a twisted thread hanger so it can be hung on the tree without delay. This thread can be snipped if you would like to display the temari more traditionally; on a small pillow, in a jar with other temari or ornaments, or on a stand are all beautiful ways to showcase these treasures. Aquilegia Purple & White Temari Ball, Traditional Japanese Woven Star Christmas Ornament, Hand Embroidered
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