3D embroidery by Sheikh Shams Uddin

“Good Shepherd” took Indian master of embroidery Shamsuddin Sahab 18 years to make it. Interestingly, ancient Indian embroidery craft of sewing with gold string, called Zardozi or Zar-douzi is exclusively male, and it is famous all over the world. Embroidery by Shamsuddin – the hardest art of embroidery in the world, and each piece weighs more than two hundred pounds! The artist adorned his artworks with jewels, and some – with thousands of gems. However, one of the most famous of his works is “Chess”. Decorated with twenty thousand stones, and the master embroidered it for thirty years! Back in the 70s one sheikh from Saudi Arabia offered for it two million eight hundred thousand dollars. Shamsuddin did not sell his work, knowing that he wouldn’t be able to create anything like that. The work of Shamsuddin – one of the most expensive embroidery in the world.

Sheikh Shams Uddin was born on September 7, 1917 in Agra. He inherited the art of Zardozi Embroidery from his father Late Habib Buksh.

The works of Sheikh Shams Uddin are the highest samples of embroidery skill, for which the master repeatedly got awards. Unfortunately, Sheikh Shams Uddin, the pioneer of three-dimensional embroidery, passed away. Fortunately, his son and students of the Master continue his work. His artworks are now in the private gallery of jewelry store Kohinoor in Agra.

3D embroidery by Sheikh Shams Uddin

Another masterpiece of the master – beautiful “Bouquet” (size 2, 30 m x 1, 68 m) embroidered in satin-stitch. Each flower embroidered separately at first and then skillfully assembled in bouquets. After assembling the bouquet fully embroidered, the master carefully worked out the details. Noteworthy, it took Shams Uddin 1000 hours to create Bouquet, and he did it for 11 years. Also, for the vase the craftsman used precious and semi-precious stones weighing a total of 20.000 carats.

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