Badla

A thin, flattened metallic wire that is used as yarn for sewing or embroidering decorative fabrics. The term also refers to the embroidery technique that utilises these flattened wires.

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Weft-Interlocked Technique

A form of tapestry weaving wherein weft threads of opposing colours are looped onto the same two warp threads to…

Weft

It refers to yarn or threads that pass horizontally over and under the fixed longitudinal warp to weave cloth and…

Fresco Buono

Literally meaning “true fresh” in Italian, it is a painting technique in which the paint is applied to wet plaster,…

Gelatin Dry Plate

A method of producing photographic negatives that emerged in the 1880s, using a glass plate coated with silver salts in…

Stippling

A painting and drawing technique where a pattern of dots is used to produce the effect of shading.

Counted-Thread Embroidery

A form of embroidery where the warp and weft are uniformly counted, resulting in a uniform, even pattern. It is…

High Relief

Also known as alto-relievo, it is a technique of relief sculpting where the image projects significantly from the ground. The…

Faience

A broad term used for fine glazed pottery made after the nineteenth century, comprising mineral grains such as quartz or…