Cross Stitch Embroidery On Everyday Objects By Ulla-Stina Wikander

January 18th, 2018

Design

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Nothing looks more retro like cross-stitch embroidery. Well, maybe a typewriter machine or a rotary dial telephone. But even they could look ”more” retro by adding the cross-stitch embroidery. Swedish artist Ulla-Stina Wikander brings back obsolete items as works of art using cross-stitched embroideries that she has collected for over a decade. Some of the small objects...

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