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Major Nikon

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1. There are artisans out there that make us all feel like worthless slobs

Reply to lumberjack_jeff (Original post)

Fri Jul 5, 2013, 07:52 AM

Jul 2013

When I was in China, I toured one of the best places in the world that does Chinese embroidery. The level of skill was incredible. The Chinese have been making embroidery art for the past 4,000 yrs. The work done by their masters sells in the mid to high six figure range. The very best work had different designs on the front and back. The level of detail was amazing. It's something you have to see to believe. They take a silk thread (which is actually composed of 9 smaller threads) and separate the threads to get the level of detail required.

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I'm not worthy. [View all] lumberjack_jeff Jul 2013 OP

There are artisans out there that make us all feel like worthless slobs Major Nikon Jul 2013 #1

I stumbled onto this from hackaday.com lumberjack_jeff Jul 2013 #2

I was flying around with a buddy of mine one day... Major Nikon Jul 2013 #3