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Embroidered German postcard, c.1925, Collection of John Foster designobserver.com<\/p><\/div>\n

Talk about weird. I just came across an article written by John Foster in the Design Observer<\/a> about embroidered photographs. What is an embroidered photograph, you ask? Well, I’ve seen my fair share of oddities when it comes to art but I said the same thing. John Foster has a personal collection of these uncommon creations and here’s what he says about them:<\/p>\n

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Embroidered postcard, Collection of John Foster<\/p><\/div>\n

From Design Observer<\/a>, “I happen to own several actual photographic postcards from the turn of the last century that have been embroidered. These paper cards are embellished with decorative embroidered stitching that were created for tourists, and most of these seem to have come from Spain, Portugal, Germany and other European countries. More recently, an Italian born artist by the name of Maurizio Anzeri<\/a> has found great success with his embroidered photographs, obviously inspiring a few other artists to take the needle and thread to photographic images.”<\/p>\n

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Maurizio Anzeri Edith 2011 https:\/\/www.saatchigallery.com\/<\/p><\/div>\n

“Anzeri’s work is gorgeous, bringing with it elements of extraordinary design and such masterful perfection it makes me feel as if it were created by computer \u2014 not that I find that detracting. If it is done by hand, one stitch at a time, that\u2019s great. If he uses a computer program to create his stitching \u2014 that’s fine too. It’s ingenious work”<\/p>\n

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Maurizio Anzeri Rebecca 2009 https:\/\/www.saatchigallery.com\/<\/p><\/div>\n

Foster continues, “While I enjoy the work of Anzeri, who is the first person I know of to reinvent and bring new art to a centuries old craft, it is Dutch artist Hinke Schreuders<\/a> whose embroidery on photographs excites me now. Her work feels more \u201cstatement orientated\u201d in the images I present here. Additionally, her work with thread is very intuitive and raw, different than the work of Mr. Anzeri.”<\/p>\n

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Works on Paper #16 by Hinke Schreuders www.sudsandsoda.com<\/p><\/div>\n

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z.t. (eva) 2004 by Hinke Schreuders www.sudsandsoda.com<\/p><\/div>\n

I can’t help but agree with Foster when he says, “Judge for yourself. Few creative things today are truly new \u2014 it’s the work that builds on, pushes forward and continues to invent that gets noticed.”<\/p>\n

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