As I question myself what is "to be an artist", my curiosity take my skills into another level to experiment with different media.
All this for the sake to express my emotions or ideas in a new way. Embroidery has been a subject I find exciting and beautiful, and since a few years ago, I've been playing with the possibilities of illustration and embroidery. In more or less successful outcomes, this post is dedicated to my favorite try-outs which I separate in three different categories.
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| Coeur, watercolours, inks & thread on paper by Salas, E. (2020) |
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| Embroidery illustrations by Salas, E. |
These illustrations are a few examples of how by incorporating a few strings and patterns of embroidery as part the illustration, can pop out the main idea or feeling.
Even if it's just to add a bit of colour, or mere experimentation in my sketchbooks, I enjoy the process and the results.
Embroidery photography
These photos were taken by me in 2008-2009, in my hometown in Mexico. The film was printed on mate paper and I didn't know I would use these photos in some other way in that time. But I found them in November 2020, and experimented with them. Maybe my gloomy feelings took over with these words. What do you think? Too sad? I think so too.
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| Embroidery photo #1 by Salas, E. (2020) |
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| Set of embroidery photos by Salas, E. (2020) |
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| Embroidery photo #2, by Salas, E. (2020) |
Embroidery
Finally, the last 'category' it's wanna be and rather disorganized 'cross stitch' on fabric.
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| Embroidery by Salas, E. (2020) |
This is taken from an illustration I made in 2018 , and developed into other illustrations.
But octopuses have been present in my art since so many years, I can't remember exactly what is the very first octopus girl I ever made.. (I explained it has nothing to do with hentai on my IG account, but maybe I should do another post about the whole theme?).
This embroidery was really fun to make and it's a mess in the back of the fabric. Luckily, it cannot be seen thanks it's in a frame.
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| Embroidery #2 by Salas, E. (2020) |
This is a phrase by Leonora Carrington, and it translates in English as "
I’m ambidextrous, like the fools".
The hands are mine, and if you notice it, yes, both hands are left! This is because I tend to maniacally draw my left hand when insomnia strikes (which it's very often!).
And this last one sums it up. The phrase is by CB Hoyo
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| Embroidery #3 by Salas, E. (2020) |
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