Human embroidery

Today we're dissecting the work of embroidery artists, Julie Campbell. Take a look at her amazing anatomy desings, drawn with needle & thread.

This is a hand embroidered portrait of Joaquin Phoenix.

UK-based embroidery artist Amber Griffiths is riding a wave of anatomical inspiration in her latest designs. Typically inspired by nature, Griffiths tells Colossal that her series kicked off when looking to put a non-traditional spin on the iconic Valentine’s Day heart. “I’m not particularly someone who’s into all the mushy classic love hearts, so IContinue reading "Precise Images of Human Anatomy Deftly Rendered in Punch Needle by Amber Griffiths"

A single skeletal muscle contains hundreds of thousands of individual fibers stretched in long rows, an anatomical fact that the textile artist behind Ambroidering recreates in an unusually fitting manner. Based in Shropshire, England, the artist stitches precise embroideries of the human body, defining circular systems with sinuous threads, conveying the distinct layers of skinContinue reading "Anatomical Embroideries Use Precise Stitches and Beads to Portray Muscles, Organs, and Bodily…

Until the first of many phases of extensive facial surgery to correct my Bells Palsy three years ago, I\'d never embroidered anything. It was during a hospital stay to insert one of my chest muscles into my left cheek that I realized I could marry up my love of hand sewing with my love of human anatomy and a hobby was born. I bought embroidery thread, dug out my old copy of Grey\'s Anatomy, and got started on an anatomically correct image of the facial muscles which was immediately bought by…

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