About Chinese Embroidery Institute

A Living Art of Silk, Thread, and Cultural Memory

Chinese Embroidery Institute is dedicated to the study, teaching, preservation, and contemporary practice of traditional Chinese embroidery. Through research, courses, selected materials, and cultural cooperation, we help more people understand Chinese embroidery as a living art shaped by silk, thread, image, technique, and cultural memory.

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Our Mission

Chinese Embroidery Institute studies and shares traditional Chinese embroidery as a living cultural practice. Our work brings together research, hand technique, teaching, preservation awareness, selected materials, and cultural cooperation, so that Chinese embroidery may be understood not only as decorative craft, but as an art of discipline, image, memory, and cultural continuity.

• Research-led understanding of Chinese embroidery history, technique, and regional memory
• Teaching based on hand practice, materials, stitches, and image interpretation
• Preservation and cultural cooperation for textile heritage, collections, and public education

What We Do

Our work connects research, teaching, preservation awareness, and cultural cooperation, allowing Chinese embroidery to be studied, practiced, and shared with care.

Research & Documentation

We study Chinese embroidery through historical materials, regional traditions, stitch techniques, images, and cultural meanings.

Teaching & Courses

We design courses that guide learners through hand practice, materials, stitches, image interpretation, and disciplined studio work.

Preservation & Cultural Cooperation

We support conversations around textile heritage, collection care, restoration awareness, public education, and cultural cooperation.

Why Chinese Embroidery Matters Today

Chinese embroidery carries a long conversation between silk, thread, image, hand discipline, regional memory, and cultural meaning. To study it today is to understand how traditional techniques can continue to speak through teaching, preservation, artistic practice, and cultural exchange.

• A living tradition shaped by material, image, and hand practice
• A cultural language connected with regional memory and historical continuity
• A field for teaching, preservation awareness, and contemporary cultural work

Founder & Research Lineage

The institute was founded through long-term study, teaching, and practice in Chinese embroidery. Its work is closely connected with the research and artistic practice of Shao Xiaocheng, whose embroidery projects, publications, teaching, and cultural activities have contributed to the study and transmission of traditional Chinese embroidery.

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Start a Conversation with the Institute

Whether you are interested in learning Chinese embroidery, discussing a cultural cooperation project, caring for a textile collection, or exploring suitable materials and books, you are welcome to contact us.