Aren’t these amazing? Lauren DiCioccio embroiders common objects that are fragile or becoming obsolete. (Shhh… don’t tell The New York Times she said so.)
In her words, she uses “tedious handiwork and obsessive care” in an effort to “provoke a pang of nostalgia for the familiar physicality of these objects.” Her series called Sewnnews, in which she encases the newspaper in muslin and selects a powerful image to embroider, is my favorite–particularly this image of Big Brown (Don’t the tangled threads perfectly capture the sense of movement?)–but her embroidered plastic bags and 35mm slides are also incredible. I would love to see them all up-close.
P.S. Our friends recently visited Kentucky and paid a visit to the horse farm where Big Brown resides and came back with some beautiful photos. Horses in general fit in the category of “love to see up-close.”
(Images (c) Lauren DiCioccio, found via handmade charlotte)
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WOW this is incredible. if only all newspapers can come with a little piece of artwork like that
that is amazing
I love that the loose strings of look like movement!
just divine!
Wow these are fascinating. Cool find, thanks for sharing.
Lovely blog!
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this is really amazing. x
Beautiful! I love the sense of motion
KY rules! : ) i'm biased though. those are beautiful!
hi hi!
I just stumbled upon your sweet sweet blog and couldn't help but click your follow button!! your blog is lovely and i look forward to following your adventures in the future!
xo, kate
I was really impressed when Ashley was showing me the site.
Thanks everyone for the nice comments!
wow…thanks for sharing.
Thanks so much for the link guys. These sewn images are wonderful.
These are amazing!
Wow, these are incredible. I love all of the extra swirlies she added around the image. Thanks so much for sharing!
I'm attracted to the lovely mist from some of the shots!
all i can say is wow! what an artwork!!
Glad you all agree! I would love to visit KY sometime, FWF–I hear it's beautiful. Thank you, Kate!
How original and incredible! Wish I had thought of it!