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Socks

Black wool embroidery on digital print. Dimension A2.  

White collar

Three white shirts embroidered together with wool tapestry thread. Dimension H80xW80 cm.

…and she beat me repeatedly with a ruler.

Wool tapestry Embroidery, digital print on watercolour paper. Dimension H20xW12 cm.

Hands

Wool tapestry embroidery on cartridge paper. Dimension


Embroidered Fashion Magazines

Wool tapestry embroidery on fashion magazines.

Dog’s Head

Based on a found dog’s head. Biro Bic on paper. Dimension H60xW80 cm.

Discobolus

After the discovery of the Discobolus Palombara a second notable Discobolus was excavated, at Hadrian’s Villa in 1790, and was…

Love Thy

Tapestry wool embroidery, pencil drawing on watercolour paper. Dimension H45xW60  


Bambi

Tapestry wool embroidery on black canvas and horse hair stuffing. The embroidery subject is based on popular logo design. Dimension…

Unknown Portraits

Black Bic biro drawing on paper based on found vintage photographs. Dimension H50xW35cm.

Respectable People seen as Suspects

Respectable People seen as Suspects. Vintage photograph printed on watercolor paper. Tapestry wool embroidery. H40xW30cm    

Willow Rabbit

The Willow pattern is a distinctive and elaborate pattern used on ceramic kitchen/housewares. The willow pattern was popular in 18th…


Chainsaw

The chainsaw is made with linen fabric and embroidered with tapestry wool. The design of the object is based on…

Sweet Dreams

Tapestry wool embroidery on canvas.

Queen Elisabeth II

Before the arrival of the sovereign, the Imperial State Crown is carried to the Palace of Westminster in its own…

Karl Marx

Karl Heinrich Marx (German pronunciation: [?ka??l ?ha?n??ç ?ma??ks]; 5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) was a German philosopher, economist,…


Valentina Tereshkova

Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (Russian; born 6 March 1937) is a retired Soviet cosmonaut and engineer, and the first woman to…

On a felt suit

The project investigates the correlation between memory and loss and the need to rebuild a conversation otherwise lost. The working…

Historic Personalities

The four subjects are not so well known historic personalities. Faces and bodies are not drawn so only hairstyles and…

Tattooed Bear

The Tattoo Bear is built with linen and embroidered with tapestry wool. All the tattoos come from traditional European and…


Two Watercolours

The inks, mixed with watercolors, tea and coffee, needed to be placed precisely and quickly on the paper, in no…

Introspecting

This work could perhaps be described as self-portrait but the practice I put myself through for at least three months…

Dolls

The initial idea was to create small objects without putting too much effort into designing them. I wanted to be…

Felt Blanket

One afternoon I went to my mother’s workshop where she used to work as an upholsterer and on one of…


Knitted Gun

The guns are knitted with colourful and childish patterns, so it feels innocent, like a child’s toy, and safe because…

SeeSaw

A Prelate and a Carabiniere are swinging half naked on a seesaw on a small hill topped with skulls. A…

Priests & Soldiers

Ten Priests and eleven soldiers balancing on a human pyramid. The theme of this black and ink drawing plays with…




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