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An Artist Makes Incredibly Realistic Portraits By Using Only Thread (11 photo)

03 dec 2014 10:34

If embroidery makes you think of samplers full of minute flowers and sweet sayings, think again. (Not that there's anything wrong with those--I love embroidery samplers.) But embroidery, that traditionally tame craft of proper ladies, gets an intense, artistic update thanks to artist Cayce Zavaglia. Trained as a painter, she developed a way to use embroidery to create portraits of her friends, family and fellow artists that have surprising depth and detail, and are incredibly lifelike.

If embroidery makes you think of samplers full of minute flowers and sweet sayings, think again. (Not that there's anything wrong with those--I love embroidery samplers.

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