Hillary Clinton wincing, excerpt from Laughing Stock (2006), cotton, thread. 13″ x 13″.
Artist Christa Maiwald, in addition to her work in other media, creates fantastic embroidered portraits of celebrities and everyday people.
Present Tense (2004). Cotton, thread. 52″ x 66″.
Maiwald’s embroidery pieces, hand sewn on cotton and linen handkerchiefs, are executed with a richly detailed elegance reminiscent of early Christian mosaics, but the delicacy of technique and materials is offset by images that are funny, mysterious, crude – at times all three. — from absolutearts.com
(images used with permission of the artist)
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truly beautiful!
The level of detail in these embroidery pieces is incredible!