Gimena Romero is an artist, author and writer based in Mexico City. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from the Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado, and a Master’s degree in Art Production and Research from UNAM, Mexico. She has also pursued studies at the École Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Lyon, France, in Symbology.Since the beginning of her career, Gimena has adopted embroidery as her main artistic medium, specializing in Haute Couture at Lesage, Paris, France; goldwork embroidery as a confraternity member in Seville, Spain; and historical techniques such as blackwork and needle lace at the Royal School of Needlework, England, as well as research at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. She is the author of the first formal research on Mexican embroidery and a passionate admirer of her country.She has received international recognition, and her pieces are part of private and state collections, including those of the Bank of Mexico and the Museum of Historical Memory of Sant Cugat, Spain. Her work has been exhibited in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, France, Portugal, Ukraine, Slovakia, Spain and Switzerland.Gimena is the author of fiction, poetry, and textile research published by Thule Ediciones, Fundación Armella Spitalier, and Editorial GG. She founded and directs the first specialization in Embroidery Applied to Art and Design (BAAD).Her work interweaves memory, migration, territory, lineage, body and alchemy through techniques and materials that range from the ancestral to the contemporary.She loves life, dogs and biscuits.Web: estudiogimenaromero.comInstagram: @gimenaromeroFacebook: Estudio Gimena Romero

A colourful tribute to Mexico's embroidery traditions, with over 30 reusable templates. Gimena Romero reveals the symbolic language of stitches. The book covers regional techniques, experimental practices and poetic motifs, all enhanced by amazing photography. Romero aims to inspire embroiderers to reinterpret heritage through their own creativity, so that Mexico's rich textile legacy continues to flourish!

• Foreword by Georgina Sánchez Celaya'If I die far away from you' (Introduction)Materials and toolsTransferring onto the fabricTenango embroideryStreet embroideryMazahua embroideryToninero embroideryMixe embroideryPurépecha embroideryLavín embroideryCompositions from textureTemplatesBiography, thanks and collaborators

Gimena Romero is an artist, author and writer based in Mexico City. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from the Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado, and a Master’s degree in Art Production and Research from UNAM, Mexico. She has also pursued studies at the École Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Lyon, France, in Symbology.Since the beginning of her career, Gimena has adopted embroidery as her main artistic medium, specializing in Haute Couture at Lesage, Paris, France; goldwork embroidery as a confraternity member in Seville, Spain; and historical techniques such as blackwork and needle lace at the Royal School of Needlework, England, as well as research at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. She is the author of the first formal research on Mexican embroidery and a passionate admirer of her country.She has received international recognition, and her pieces are part of private and state collections, including those of the Bank of Mexico and the Museum of Historical Memory of Sant Cugat, Spain. Her work has been exhibited in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, France, Portugal, Ukraine, Slovakia, Spain and Switzerland.Gimena is the author of fiction, poetry, and textile research published by Thule Ediciones, Fundación Armella Spitalier, and Editorial GG. She founded and directs the first specialization in Embroidery Applied to Art and Design (BAAD).Her work interweaves memory, migration, territory, lineage, body and alchemy through techniques and materials that range from the ancestral to the contemporary.She loves life, dogs and biscuits.Web: estudiogimenaromero.comInstagram: @gimenaromeroFacebook: Estudio Gimena Romero

A colourful tribute to Mexico's embroidery traditions, with over 30 reusable templates. Gimena Romero reveals the symbolic language of stitches. The book covers regional techniques, experimental practices and poetic motifs, all enhanced by amazing photography. Romero aims to inspire embroiderers to reinterpret heritage through their own creativity, so that Mexico's rich textile legacy continues to flourish!

• Foreword by Georgina Sánchez Celaya'If I die far away from you' (Introduction)Materials and toolsTransferring onto the fabricTenango embroideryStreet embroideryMazahua embroideryToninero embroideryMixe embroideryPurépecha embroideryLavín embroideryCompositions from textureTemplatesBiography, thanks and collaborators

Gimena Romero is an artist, author and writer based in Mexico City. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from the Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado, and a Master’s degree in Art Production and Research from UNAM, Mexico. She has also pursued studies at the École Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Lyon, France, in Symbology.Since the beginning of her career, Gimena has adopted embroidery as her main artistic medium, specializing in Haute Couture at Lesage, Paris, France; goldwork embroidery as a confraternity member in Seville, Spain; and historical techniques such as blackwork and needle lace at the Royal School of Needlework, England, as well as research at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. She is the author of the first formal research on Mexican embroidery and a passionate admirer of her country.She has received international recognition, and her pieces are part of private and state collections, including those of the Bank of Mexico and the Museum of Historical Memory of Sant Cugat, Spain. Her work has been exhibited in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, France, Portugal, Ukraine, Slovakia, Spain and Switzerland.Gimena is the author of fiction, poetry, and textile research published by Thule Ediciones, Fundación Armella Spitalier, and Editorial GG. She founded and directs the first specialization in Embroidery Applied to Art and Design (BAAD).Her work interweaves memory, migration, territory, lineage, body and alchemy through techniques and materials that range from the ancestral to the contemporary.She loves life, dogs and biscuits.Web: estudiogimenaromero.comInstagram: @gimenaromeroFacebook: Estudio Gimena Romero

A colourful tribute to Mexico's embroidery traditions, with over 30 reusable templates. Gimena Romero reveals the symbolic language of stitches. The book covers regional techniques, experimental practices and poetic motifs, all enhanced by amazing photography. Romero aims to inspire embroiderers to reinterpret heritage through their own creativity, so that Mexico's rich textile legacy continues to flourish!

• Foreword by Georgina Sánchez Celaya'If I die far away from you' (Introduction)Materials and toolsTransferring onto the fabricTenango embroideryStreet embroideryMazahua embroideryToninero embroideryMixe embroideryPurépecha embroideryLavín embroideryCompositions from textureTemplatesBiography, thanks and collaborators