They are often used by artists as surface embellishments either for color, texture, or both.
While Hoffmann's forms ranged from geometric to rococo, the innovative surface embellishments were consistently graphic and frequently dazzling.
Textile Design Textile design is the course offered by NIFT as a specialization in textiles, prints, fabric development, weaves, surface embellishments and garment construction.
Similarly, this exhibition's premise holds that tattoos are more than mere surface embellishments, and that studying them can offer insights into both their wearers and creators.
The course offered by NIIFT as a specialization in textiles, prints, fabric development, weaves, surface embellishments and garment construction.
Other surface embellishments include geometric background shapes such as the squared-spiral, the lei-wen.
Its uses include vessels, water and waste water pipes and surface embellishment in building construction, along with sculpture such as the Terracotta Army and Greek terracotta figurines.
For this reason the stitch is an effective surface embellishment near seams on finished fabric.
He is best known for his 'structural mosaic technique' (tesserae used as structural elements as well as surface embellishment).
It is a boldly shaped vessel without surface embellishment and is expected to bring $20,000 to $30,000.