{"id":"shisha-embroidery","no":751,"name":"Shisha Embroidery","ja":"シーシャ（鏡刺繍）","era":"living tradition","family":"染織の伝統","kind":"技法","source":{"title":"V&A — Indian embroidery: Shisha","url":"https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/indian-embroidery"},"essence":"小さな鏡を糸で布へ固定し、刺繍の中に反射する点を作る技法。グジャラートのカッチやシンドなどで、衣服と生活布に見られる。鏡の周囲の糸が保持と装飾を兼ね、布が動くと見え方が変わる。地域の刺繍全体ではなく、鏡を組み込む方法として収録する。","cues":["小さな鏡が刺繍の面へ点在する","鏡を囲む糸が輪や放射状の枠を作る","色糸の不透明な面と鏡の反射が交互に現れる","見る方向と布の動きで光る位置が変わる"],"intents":["遊び","高揚"],"pair":["zardozi","phulkari"],"study":["V&A — Shisha textiles of Gujarat and Sindh","Mirror-holding stitches and reflective materials","Regional differences in garment and household use"],"works":["刺繍を静止画と動画で比較し、布が動いたときの反射を伝えるとき","作り手との布の企画で、刺繍の輪郭と小さな光点を組み合わせるとき"],"recipe":{"type":"説明の文字は鏡と分け、反射に文字の可読性を預けない。","layout":"鏡を置く間隔を決め、糸の枠と地布がそれぞれ読める密度を残す。","material":"用途に合う反射部材を選び、固定、重さ、肌への当たりと光源による見え方を確認する。"},"avoid":"カッチの刺繍がすべて鏡刺繍ではない。護符的な意味を全地域へ一般化せず、鏡を貼っただけの装飾とも区別する。","colors":["#E9E5DA","#C69A3E","#3D6581"],"motif":"textile","collection":"Dictionary expansion 49","addedAt":"2026-10-05","reference":{"status":"verified","pageUrl":"https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/indian-embroidery","credit":"V&A — Indian embroidery: Shisha","gallery":[{"imageUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shisha%20embroidery.png?width=640","pageUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shisha%20embroidery.png","credit":"Shisha mirror and holding stitches — Schazjmd — Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0"}]},"en":{"essence":"A method of securing small mirrors within embroidery, familiar in cloth from Kutch, Sindh and other regions. Thread around each mirror combines holding and decoration, while movement changes the reflected light. This entry covers mirror insertion rather than the entirety of a region's embroidery.","cues":["Small mirrors distributed through an embroidered field","Thread forming rings or radiating frames around mirrors","Opaque coloured stitching alternating with reflection","Changing highlights as cloth or viewer moves"],"works":["Comparing embroidery in still images and motion to show changing reflection","Working with makers to combine stitched outlines and small points of light"],"recipe":{"type":"Keep labels separate from mirrors rather than depending on reflections for readability.","layout":"Plan mirror spacing while preserving room for both thread frames and the ground cloth.","material":"Choose reflectors for the intended use and check fastening, weight, skin contact and lighting."},"avoid":"Not all Kutch embroidery is mirrorwork. Do not generalise protective meanings across communities, or equate stitched mirrors with simply glued decoration."},"links":{"page":"https://indexstyle.org/styles/shisha-embroidery","json":"https://indexstyle.org/api/styles/shisha-embroidery","designSpec":"https://indexstyle.org/styles/shisha-embroidery/design.md","imagePrompt":"https://indexstyle.org/styles/shisha-embroidery/prompt.txt"},"usage":{"license":"CC-BY-4.0","licenseName":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International","licenseUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org","attributionUrl":"https://indexstyle.org","scope":"Original IndexStyle text and structured data. Reference images, quoted works, and third-party material are excluded and retain their own rights."}}