Skin embroidery

Hand embroidery on skin, 138 stitches.

Curiosità è la prima cosa che mi collega all’arte di Lorenzo Nanni, di come rende magnificamente palpabile, qualcosa che in natura a volte si rende inavvicinabile o non guardabile, ogni sua opera mozza il fiato.

“freehand embroidery by melissa de meuleneire”

I love it when interests collide. For me it was when I saw artist Eliza Bennett's embroidered hand. In a piece called A Woman's Work is Never Done, Bennett literally embroidered her flesh. I was mesmerized. Eliza Bennett Questions: How did she do it? Did it hurt? How long would it last? Did I correctly remember once stitching my skin by accident when I was hand sewing or am I imagining that? I figured this was a one-of-a-kind. But no, there are more. Bleaq recently had an interview with…

Ana Teresa Barboza creates poignant vignettes using an unlikely combination of thread, photo transfer and graphite on canvas. Focusing on isolated, nude subjects, Barboza uses the embroidery aspect of her work to describe the characters' inner pain. They pull on the threads, exposing their internal organs with contemplative gazes. The embroidered entrails create rich patterns that complement the baroque flourishes Barboza uses for her backgrounds. Take a look at some of her work after the…

A fantastic embroidered piece by Australian artist, Adipocere. Based in Melbourne, Australia, the embroidery artist known as “Adipocere,” adopted a word that has several somewhat sinister synonyms such as “grave wax,” “corpse wax,” or “mortuary wax.” By definition, adipocere is a light-gray substance produced by a cadaver as their fatty tissue decomposes—making the word a perfect match for the artist’s delightfully dreadful embroidery. Adipocere (aka “Josh”) has been involved in the craft of…

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