Saturday, June 2, 2012

never say die.

dance8

Dance13 40X35cm

Danceexam

dance8 35x30

i'm such a sucker for new life imbued into olde things.
 a forgotten face is reinvented to live again.
 in this way, these ladies never die.

smart stitching by 

3 comments :

Rachel Louisa. said...

These remind of the work of an amazing Italian artist called Maurizio Anzeri - he stitches over the faces of old photographs.

http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/maurizio_anzeri.htm?section_name=photography

Sinister and supremely beautiful. xo

Alice Baca said...

Really really cool! Never seen anything like this. It looks amazing, I couldn't even tell there's was stitching when I first looked!

WingingIt said...

i love that there is stitching on these...amazing...i have a love for ballerinas as well....your inspiration never ends! thank you