Sewing is a drawn method of interpretation that I have been exploring in doing contour drawings as well. Where some mediums allow the viewer to escape into them, I enjoy that sewing as a medium is constantly reminding you of itself (thread, pace, number of marks/stitches). When I look at something that is hand-sewn, my mind associates it with the visual process the person underwent while producing the image of looking, touching, estimating where to puncture surface, how quickly to move, how tightly to pull...
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