The Creative stitch

With so many techniques to explore, a wide variety of materials to be used and so many stitches to be devised, embroidery can be an expressive language. Ideas from nature and painting an be transferred to string embroidery, machine embroidery and other methods of needle weaving.

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Credits

production company

Creative Embroidery Association

producer/director

Jack Joynes

Duration

00:17:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1974

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

012468

Language

English

Subject categories

Crafts & Visual Arts → Embroidery

Crafts & Visual Arts → Handicraft

Crafts & Visual Arts → Needlework

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

U-Matic; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan

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Australia, 1974

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