Khan uses old photos as the basis for embroidery, as if animating them with floss stitches.
About the page author
Our heroine today is Han Chao, she was born in New York. Khan calls herself a self-taught artist: she is engaged in graphic design, calligraphy and embroidery. This embroidery is unusual: Khan does not use fabric as a basis, but paper, most often old photos and postcards. Khan Education Trade Consultant. She took up manual work, starting with calligraphy - this was her hobby, which took time in the evenings and nights. I became interested in embroidery not so long ago, about a year ago, when I ended up in Australia and was inspired by the country and its culture. According to Khan, then she "finally gave way to something that has been boiling in her head for a long time." “Years of practice in modern calligraphy have led the text to become art, impressionist lines, and creative compositions,” Khan writes. “The work that I am doing now combines embroidery and paper. I strive to use texture and color to add depth and give new life to long forgotten people and places. "
Returning from Australia, where she held several exhibitions over the year, Khan decided that in the near future she would completely devote herself to her unusual occupation, something between art and needlework. “This is very scary!” She admits. “But it’s very exciting!”
Fine work: handmade instagram of the week
What is this page about
The Han page in Insnagram is filled with snapshots of her work and photographs depicting the process of their creation. She embroider floss photographs, both very old, black and white, and color, adding portraits and landscapes textures, colors and details, both asking for these shots, and unexpected. Pictures, indeed, seem to come to life again, colored and complemented by stitches of threads. They acquire texture and volume, starting to resemble either paintings or original works of modern art. The page also has a photo of Khan's calligraphic works, including embroidered ones. According to Khan, she is inspired by calm moments at home, and travel, and people, and nature.
3D embroidery: handmade instagram of the week
Who will be interested in this page
Take a look at this page if you embroider and are interested in unusual approaches to this method of needlework. Khan's ideas can help realize various ideas, from invitations and greeting cards with embroidery to decorative works that can decorate a house.
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