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Pham Ngoc <strong>Tram</strong><br />
Embroidery Portfolio<br />
2015
Pham Ngoc <strong>Tram</strong>!<br />
• Independent <strong>embroidery</strong> artist, established at<br />
Meo Meo Atelier since 2014.<br />
• Self-trained in the techniques of <strong>embroidery</strong>,<br />
textile and <strong>embroidery</strong> design since an early<br />
age.<br />
• Trainer of local people and help to improve and<br />
mentor their <strong>embroidery</strong> skills.<br />
• Co-founded Hoitheuthua.net - the largest<br />
online community for <strong>embroidery</strong> enthusiasts<br />
and craft professionals in Vietnam in 2003, now<br />
with more than 20.000 members.<br />
• Ongoing student of Viet Nam’s traditional<br />
<strong>embroidery</strong> arts (which are sadly declining),<br />
taking instruction from the remaining master<br />
artisans still working in Viet Nam. This learning<br />
takes place in person and by distance with<br />
artisans throughout the country, helping to<br />
preserve and document the particular<br />
techniques of Vietnamese <strong>embroidery</strong> works.<br />
The same approach has been taken with<br />
studying <strong>embroidery</strong> techniques such as crossstitch,<br />
Jacobean <strong>embroidery</strong>, Tambour<br />
<strong>embroidery</strong>, Cretan crochet, and others.<br />
• Research on textiles and <strong>embroidery</strong> while on<br />
personal travel in India, Greece, Thailand, Laos,<br />
Cambodia and Australia.<br />
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Hoi An Embroidery Story<br />
2014-2015
The design is a combination of traditional folk motifs which tent to go in ancient stories<br />
such like "Vinh quy bái tổ" (A successful man come back to his hometown, proudly<br />
bringing back home her newly wed woman, and followers...), "Chợ phố" - town market,<br />
or the scene of wedding on the boat...; plus my designs that inspired by my very first<br />
impression of Hoi An as its own citizen: the favorite buildings or corners, festival of boat<br />
racing with joyful men, street food vendors, young girls in áo dài after school time... The<br />
colors, as a channel to express my emotion, therefore is fully alive and happy.<br />
Then all the embroidered pieces are appliqué-ed on to a big hand-weaved fabric with the<br />
dimension of 3mx30cm.
In order to follow the tradition of northern old<br />
type <strong>embroidery</strong>, especially how to embroider<br />
the faces, I have to actually "walk the miles",<br />
track back to one of the 3 biggest <strong>embroidery</strong><br />
craft villages where.. no one do the<br />
<strong>embroidery</strong> anymore, find the very old artisans<br />
who can tell me how to do it properly. Lucky<br />
me they're touched by my passion toward this<br />
work and happy to pass all the knowledge so<br />
that I can keep the tradition. Even my<br />
neighbor next door to the atelier is from an<br />
<strong>embroidery</strong> craft village and I talk to them<br />
many times, like a small pupil, sometimes<br />
they're impressed by a girl with such big love<br />
to <strong>embroidery</strong>. By working on this project, I<br />
built many bridges, was supported by many<br />
interesting people, and therefore learn a lot. It<br />
is very meaningful to me.<br />
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This "Hoi An <strong>embroidery</strong> story" was<br />
made of more than 400 hours man power,<br />
many <strong>embroidery</strong> threads from Vietnam,<br />
Japan, French, Australia..., fabric from<br />
Hanoi and Mai Chau. All were handmade.<br />
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Other <strong>embroidery</strong>
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Coming projects
CONTACT ME:<br />
Nationality : Vietnam<br />
Mobile + 84.90 626 9399<br />
E-mail: ngoctram89@gmail.com<br />
https://www.facebook.com/meomeo<strong>embroidery</strong><br />
Thank You
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