Stitching photography

han cao | artist’s Instagram photo: “"Parenthood" . So how is everyone feeling after the first full week of self-isolating? 😅 I spent the week doing nothing I planned and…”

Chilean artist Jose Romussi adds embroidery to paper photographs to extracts a third dimension, and thus a nascent personality, out of an otherwise flat image. By doing so, Romussi opens space for alternative interpretations and methods of viewing a staged image. The artist refers to his work as an "intervention," and in many ways, his intentions are similar to other contemporary artists who use yarn as a method of interrupting the norm. Like "Yarn Bombing," which is often performed as a…

Ivory Coast-based artist Joana Choumali is known primarily for her photography, though her practice has seen her dabble in varied media to explore a common theme. Across sculpture, mixed media, collage, portraiture and documentary, Joana blurs the boundaries of her medium to explore personal identity, African identity and culture. One particularly recognisable piece from her photographic portrait series "_Hââbré, the last generation_":https://joana-choumali.squarespace.com/haabre, which…

A list of the best embroidery artists on Instagram.

Maurizio Anzeri- i love the use of photography and the distortion created by the stitch. I also like the colour scheme of thread.

Very Cool–how do we do it? Where do we start? Wonderful! stitch info PRINT YOUR IMAGE ON CARDSTOCK–do it on home printer if putting through cardstock not allowed at school You could a…