Creative Workshop by Padah Vang
Mini Hmong Paj Ntaub
(Cross-Stitching) Workshop
May 05, 2024 @1PM - 3PM
about the workshop
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Bring home a started or finished mini hmong embroidery magnet or pin
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Learn how to cross stitch the Tsev or House design
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Collectively connect to Hmong identity and culture through cross-stitching
This workshop is open to ages 15 and up participants who are interested in learning Hmong paj ntaub (cross-stitching). Participants do not need to have prior knowledge or experience working with needles or cross-stitching, but be able to work with needles and fine aida cloth.
Costs? FREE!
All supplies will be provided.
a note from the artist
I remember “cross-stitching” with my grandma when I was younger. I stitched the same spot over and over again until I created a little mountain on my aida cloth and happily showed my grandma. She was not impressed with it but I didn’t care either and never touched it again. I started taking Hmong paj ntaub seriously when I went to college out of state and was one of only two Hmong students on campus. I was afraid that I would lose my Hmong identity, language, and culture so I taught myself Hmong paj ntaub as a way to desperately connect with and hold onto my Hmong identity. In this process, I learned that cross-stitching is meditative which then is healing. Cross-stitching is transcendence because it connects us to generations of paj ntaub artists, many of whom were women. I hope that my workshop would be a collective regrounding and healing space for participants.
about
the workshop
-
Bring home a started or finished mini hmong embroidery magnet or pin
-
Learn how to cross stitch the Tsev or House design
-
Collectively connect to Hmong identity and culture through cross-stitching
This workshop is open to ages 15 and up participants who are interested in learning Hmong paj ntaub (cross-stitching). Participants do not need to have prior knowledge or experience working with needles or cross-stitching, but be able to work with needles and fine aida cloth.
Costs? FREE!
All supplies will be provided.
a note from the artist
I remember “cross-stitching” with my grandma when I was younger. I stitched the same spot over and over again until I created a little mountain on my aida cloth and happily showed my grandma. She was not impressed with it but I didn’t care either and never touched it again. I started taking Hmong paj ntaub seriously when I went to college out of state and was one of only two Hmong students on campus. I was afraid that I would lose my Hmong identity, language, and culture so I taught myself Hmong paj ntaub as a way to desperately connect with and hold onto my Hmong identity. In this process, I learned that cross-stitching is meditative which then is healing. Cross-stitching is transcendence because it connects us to generations of paj ntaub artists, many of whom were women. I hope that my workshop would be a collective regrounding and healing space for participants.
class is full
meet the artist
Padah Vang
Padah Art
Padah Vang is a visual artist with works that include painting, textiles, and miniature modeling. The art that she creates captures her deep fascination and curiosity of her surroundings and has allowed her to become a collector of sunrises and sunsets, mountains, Asian foods, and her Hmong identity.
Padah Vang
Padah Art
Padah Vang is a visual artist with works that include painting, textiles, and miniature modeling. The art that she creates captures her deep fascination and curiosity of her surroundings and has allowed her to become a collector of sunrises and sunsets, mountains, Asian foods, and her Hmong identity.