Stitched mixed-media portrait of a woman on a vivid red background, by Zane Shumeiko

Zane Shumeiko

Textile artist · free-motion embroidery

Stitched portrait · title & year to confirm

Up close · stitch by stitch

Zoomed detail of the portrait's eyes, with free-motion thread lines crossing the painted face
Detail · the gaze
Zoomed detail of an embroidered red flower on the figure's chest, dense satin stitch and outlined tulips
Detail · embroidered flower
Zoomed detail of the shawl, free-motion stitched thread scribbles over painted fabric
Detail · free-motion stitching

I draw with a sewing machine — layering thread, fabric and paint to explore how the slow, deliberate act of stitching shapes our emotional and mental state.

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Project “Uterus”
Project “Uterus”
2023
Locked in Nightmare
Locked in Nightmare
2023
Holding hands or The Baltic way
Holding hands or The Baltic way
2021
The first dance and A poem from a notebook
The first dance and A poem from a notebook
2021
Letters from the sea
Letters from the sea
2021