por Daniel Arroyo | Mar 13, 2025
Cover Counter 21 The process of Serrano embroidery begins with drawing motifs on a canvas. With a braid stitch, usually in black, the designers mark the outlines. Afterwards, the motifs are filled in by using a wide variety of stitches. All the stitches used belong to... 
por Daniel Arroyo | Mar 13, 2025
Cover Counter 20 THE EAGLE Various winged animals are normally represented surrounded by vegetation to frame them, including pajaritas or doves (also popularly called “chicks”), eagles, roosters, turkeys or swans. Other times winged creatures appear guarding the Tree... 
por Daniel Arroyo | Mar 13, 2025
Cover Counter 19 ENCOMIENDAS Encomiendas are designs through which one person praises another and seeks some kind of reward from the person praised. These designs can commemorate important missions, pay homage to honorable figures or acknowledge a person’s patronage.... 
por Daniel Arroyo | Mar 13, 2025
Cover Counter 18 BIRDS Birds have appeared very frequently in the iconography of many different cultures over the centuries. Winged animals (such as doves, double-headed eagles, roosters, turkeys or swans) are normally embroidered surrounded by vegetation that frames... 
por Daniel Arroyo | Mar 13, 2025
Cover Counter 17 THE LION The lion, like the rest of the animals represented in popular Serrano embroidery, appears most of the time with two features that have led scholars to draw controversial conclusions about its meaning. Within the contours of the lion’s body, a...
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