Embroidery Portrait: Female
2013
Hand Stitched Embroidery, Threads
14" x 3"
$600
Stephanie Neville
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
www.stephanieneville.com
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Examining the effects of absence on relationships, here not here (2012- )narrates life with absent partners and family. Hand embroidered portraits serve as a process of remembrance and reverence. Traditionally associated with chastity and solitude, the embroidery is done during periods of being home alone.
The Embroidery Portraits: Man and Woman (2013), both describe the feeling of connection and disconnection within a relationship. The concept is related to issue of absence- living with a partner that is frequently absent from home due to short term work-related separation. They speak also of diaspora, of not belonging, of losing roots to the home country.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
www.stephanieneville.com
Facebook Page
Examining the effects of absence on relationships, here not here (2012- )narrates life with absent partners and family. Hand embroidered portraits serve as a process of remembrance and reverence. Traditionally associated with chastity and solitude, the embroidery is done during periods of being home alone.
The Embroidery Portraits: Man and Woman (2013), both describe the feeling of connection and disconnection within a relationship. The concept is related to issue of absence- living with a partner that is frequently absent from home due to short term work-related separation. They speak also of diaspora, of not belonging, of losing roots to the home country.
