Embroidery. Yes, everything except that lovely pink background is done with thread. THREAD. Cayce Zavaglia is an American painter who now uses stitches instead of brushstrokes – although, paint has recently come back into her arsenal. In reverse. Huh? Well just listen right up there under “Florence”, or subscribe on iTunes, and it will all make sense very soon.
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First, a handful of Cayce’s insanely beautiful embroidered portraits… brace yourself for the realism:
Yeah, thread. Teeny tiny perfect little stitches, all coming together to create absolutely stunning portraits of Cayce’s friends and family. I mean, WHAT!?
So creating this work is exciting enough, but then she started flipping her pieces over and VOILA, the “Verso” series:
Messy but beautiful… just like life.
Well, why stop there, right? Might as well be “petrified and totally excited”! Here’s what happened when Cayce decided to pick up her paints again:
Gasp! Verso paintings! And wait until you see them in context {especially that last piece above}:
Double gasp!
And finally, I have to show you some of Cayce’s process shots… found, of course, on her dreamy Instagram feed:
Love! And there she is in action. Seriously, I could NOT do what Cayce does. Thank goodness for that little ball she squeezes while stuck in traffic so that her hands stay strong! Thanks so much to Cayce for doing this with me; thanks to Saatchi Art and Thrive for supporting the episode; and BIG thanks to you for listening. There will be more art for your ear next weekend.
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