When it comes to sewing, I have absolutely no idea on what takes place and even how it does so, so don’t take any advice from me. The person that I would turn to is Maurizio Anzeri, most well-known for his “hair sculptures” is also a talented sewer. He makes colourful embroidery on vintage photographs, bringing them to life.

Anzeri states that "I work with sewing, embroidery and drawing to explore the essence of signs in their physical manifestation. I take inspiration from my own personal experience and observation of how, in other cultures, bodies themselves are treated as living graphic symbols. I then use sewing and embroidery in a further attempt to re-signify, and mark the space with a man-made sign, a trace. I am interested in people’s stories and histories, and the relation between intimacy and the outer world. I have been working with hair for the past few years. I stitch and sew hair together until it becomes a sculpture. I see hair as a metaphorical medium to represent bodily boundaries, the embodiment of space."

Via: trendland.com

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